m: Andrew Rogers 
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 12:53:38 -0500
Subject: ./w/wilson_jackie/reet_petite.crd



         "Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)"
                      (Tyrone Carlo - Berry Gordy)

Intro:

	(w/trombones)

	Bb                F
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

	       F6                                                        F7
	Well, lookit there, lookit there, lookit there, lookit there, oo-wee!
	 Bb                                         F
	Lookit there, lookit there, l-lookit there, oo-wee!
	 C       Bb7         F   [N.C.]
	Ooh aah  ooh aah  oo-wee

Verse 2:

	                F6                                   F7
	Well, she's so fine, fine, fine, she's so fine, f-f-fine
	         Bb
	She's so fi-i-i-i-i-ine
	          F
	She's so fine, fine, fine
	       C                        Bb                  F [N.C.]
	She's really sweet, the finest girl you ever wanna meet

Bridge:

	          Bb
	Oh, oh-oh-oh
	   C7       F 
	Oh-oh oh oh oh
	          C7                     Bb7                  F
	Rrrrrrrrrreet Petite, the finest girl you ever wanna meet

Verse 3 [verses 3-6 play first four lines stop-time]:

	               F6 [N.C.]
	Well, have you ever seen a girl
	               F6 [N.C.]
	For whom your soul you'd give
	                F6 [N.C.]  F6 [N.C.]
	For whom you'd fight for, die for
	 F7 [N.C.]  F7
	Pray to God for

	But she's so-o-o fine
	She's so-o-o fine
	She's really sweet, the finest girl you ever wanna meet

Verse 4:

	Well, she really fills her clothes
	From her head to toe
	I want the world to know
	I love her so
	She's all right
	She's all right
	She's all right, she loves me both day and night

[repeat bridge]

[repeat intro]

Verse 5:

	Well, she's like honey from a bee
	She's like peaches from a tree
	I love her, need her
	She means so much to me
	She's all right
	She's got what it takes
	She's got what it takes and with me she really rates

Verse 6:

	Well, now, she's my cutie
	My tutti-frutti
	My heart, my love
	My bathing beauty
	She's all right
	She's got just what it takes
	She's got what it takes and with me she really rates

[repeat bridge]

Coda:

	 C7                                Bb                  F
	Rrrrrrrrrreeet Petite, the finest girl you ever wanna meet
	 C7                                Bb                 (F)
	Rrrrrrrrrreeet Petite, the finest girl you ever wanna meet

	   F                         [end cold]
	   v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	  -----/---/-------|-/-----/---------
	(meet)


-- another ace 50's tab from Andrew Rogers