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Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl In Town)

by Jackie Wilson · posted by WaltP

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REET PETITE (THE SWEETEST GIRL IN TOWN)
By: Berry Gordy & Billy Davis
Jackie Wilson
Key: F

 -6    -2  -2 -3    5  5  -5   -6  -6 -5
Well, look a-bout,look a-bout,look a-bout,
 5   5  -3   -6 -5 5  -7
look a-bout Oooooh Weeeeee
-3* -3* -5   -6  -6  7  -7*  7 -6-5  -6 -55 -7 
Look a-bout,look a-bout,look a-bout Oooooo Weeee
7   7  7* 7* -6-55 -6
Oh, Ah,Oh,Ah, Oh  wee
 5      -5  -6  -6    -6    -6
Well, she's so fine, fine, fine,
  -6  -6   -6 -6 -6    -6
She's so fine  f- f - fine
 -5   -6  7 -77-6 -5  5
She's so fi I I i yi ine,
  -5  -6  -6    -6    -6
She's so fine, fine, fine
  7   7   7   7   5
She's a real-ly sweet 
 5  -5   5   -6  -6  -5 5  -5  -5  -2  
the fin-est girl you ev-er wan-na meet
-7 7  -6 -5 -6-5 5 7  -6 
Oh,oh,oh,oh  Oh,oh,oh,oh
  5  5   -5    5  -5   5   -6
Reet Pe-tite, the fin-est girl 
-6  -5 5  -5  -5  -2
you ev-er wan-na meet

 -6    -5   5  -6 -5  -6 -5  -6
Well, have you ev-er seen a girl 
 5   -5    5   -6   -5    -6
for whom your soul you'd deal
 5   -5    5     -6   5   -6   5
For whom you'd fight for, die for, 
 -7  7   7  -6   -6
pray to God you will 
   7    -6  -77-6 -7   -6  -77-6 -6 
‘Cause she's so fine, she's so fine, 
  7  -6   7  7    5    5  -5   5   -6  
she's a-real-ly sweet the fin-est girl
-6  -5 5  -5  -5  -2
you ev-er wan-na meet

 -6    5   -5  5  -6 -5 -6-5  -6 5
Well, she real-ly fills her clothes
 -5  5  -6  -5 -6
from a-head to toe,
5  -5   5    -6  5   -6
I want the world to know,
5  -7   7     7  -6  -6
I love her, love her so
7 -6 -77-6 -7   -6  -77-6 -6  7 -6  7 7  5 
She's al-right,she's al-right,She's al-right.
 5   -5   5   -6 -6  -6 -5  -5  5-5-5-2  -2
She does-n’t need a funk-y thing  at    night
-7 7  -6 -5 -6-5 5 7  -6 
Oh,oh,oh,oh  Oh,oh,oh,oh
  5  5   -5    5  -5   5   -6
Reet Pe-tite, the fin-est girl 
-6  -5 5  -5  -5  -2
you ev-er wan-na meet

 -6     5    -5  -6  -5  -6 -5 -6
Well, she's like hon-ey from a bee
 -5    -6  -5  -6 -5  -6
Like peach-es from a tree, 
5  -6   5    -6   5
I love her, need her,
  -6   -7 7   -6  7  -7
She’ll be so good to me.
 -6  -77-6 -7    -6   -7    7  -6 -6-55  
She's al-right, she's got what it takes
  7    7    7  7    5
She's got what it takes 
 5   -5  5 -6 -5   -5  -5   -2
and with a me she real-ly rates
 
 -6   5 -5  -6-5 -6-5 -6 -5    
Well, a now she's my cut-ie, 
-5 -6  -5  -6  -6
my tut-ti frut-ti,
5    -6   5  -6 5  -6  -7   7   -6  7
my heart, my love, my bath-ing beau-ty 
 -6  -77-6 -6    -6   -7    7   -6  -6-5 5 
she's al-right, she's got just what it takes, 
  7    7   7   7    5    5   -5  5 -6
she's got what it takes and with a me
-5   -5  -5   -2
she real-ly rates

-7 7  -6 -5 -6-5 5 7  -6 
Oh,oh,oh,oh  Oh,oh,oh,oh
  5  5   -5    5  -5   5   -6
Reet Pe-tite, the fin-est girl 
-6  -5 5  -5  -5  -2
you ev-er wan-na meet
 5   5   -5    5   5   5   -5
Reet Pe-tite, the fin-est girl 
 5  -6 -6 -7  -7 -9-7-6
you ev-er wan-na  meet



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