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          Top hat white tie and tails    Irving Berlin

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Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat
E-mail: mike@docsworkshop.co.uk
Tuning:EADGBE

The tricky part of this song is the syncopation - 
especially in the INTRO.
I've tried to reproduce the way I do it as tablature - 
but you have to listen lots and feel it for success.
This Fred Astaire video might help - put capo on Fret 
1:

I've tabbed the INTRO tune that I use before the INTRO 
words begin.

   INTRO CHORDS                      VERSE CHORDS         CHORUS CHORDS
   G  Am7 G6 D9 Gmaj7 Fdim D7 G7 D6   C Dm7 G7 G9   
E|-3--0---x--0--2-----1----2--1--2-|-0-1---1--5---4---3
B|-0--1---3--1--3-----0----1--0--0-|-1-3---0--3---4---3
G|-0--0---0--2--4-----1----2--0--2-|-0-2---0--4---4---4
D|-0--2---0--0--5-----0----0--0--0-|-2-3---0--5---6---5
A|-2--0---2--x--x-----x----x--2--x-|-3-0---2--5---6---5
E|-3--x---3--x--x-----x----x--3--x-|-x-x---3--3---4---3
  AbmG   C Dm7 Ebm Em B7 E G D G7 C Dm G7
E|-|-0-1---2---3--2--0-3-2-1--0-1--1--| 
B|-|-1-3---4---5--0--0-0-1-0--1-3--0--| 
G|-|-0-2---3---4--2--1-0-2-0--0-2--0--| 
D|-|-2-3---4---5--1--2-0-0-0--2-3--0--| 
A|-|-3-x---x---x--2--2-2-x-2--3-x--2--| 
E|-|-x-x---x---x--x--0-3-x-3--x-x--3--| 


[Intro]
  G              F            Eb              D         
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------
B|8----7---------6--5--|------4---3----------| 2---1---
G|-----------7---------|--5-------------3----|--------1
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------
    D7        G
E|------------|-------------------|-------------------|  
B|----1----0---|-------------------|-------------------| 
G|------------| 0---0---2---3---0--|-------------------|X
D|------------|-------------------|--0---2---3---0----|  
A|------------|-------------------|-------------------|  
E|------------|-------------------|-------------------|  

E|  
B|  
G|2 
D|  
A|  
E|  


  D                             Cmaj7             Dmaj7
E|5-----------------5----|------7----------------| 9---
B|------7-------------7--|------------8----------|-----
G|------------7----------|--7---------------9----|-----
D|0----------------------|-----------------------| 0---
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
               G                A
E|--------------10------|--------12---------------------|
B|-10--------------12--|----------------14-------------| 
G|-------11------------|----12------------------14-----| 
D|----------------------|0------------------------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------------------| 
E|---------------------|-------------------------------| 


  D6                                                   
E|2---2----2---2-----2---2--|----2---2-----2----------|
B|0---0----0---0-----0---0--|----0---0-----0-----0----|
G|2---2----2---2-----2---2--|----2---2-----2----------|
D|0---0----0---0-----0---0--|----0---0-----0----------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|
  D9
E| 0---0----0---0-----0---0--|---0---0-------0----------|
B| 1---1----1---1-----1---1--|---1---1-------1----------|
G| 2---2----2---2-----2---2--|---2---2-------2----------|
D| 0---0----0---0-----0---0--|---0---0-------0----------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------| 
E|--------------------------|--------------------------| 

G      Am7    G6  D9             Gmaj7       G6
I just got an invitation through the mails
       G6         Fdim         D7           G
" Your presence requested this evening It's formal,
    Am7        D7            G
 a  top hat, a white tie and tails "
G       Am7       G6        D9             Gmaj7    G6
Nothing now could take the  wind out of my sails
  G6        Fdim       D7            G
Because I'm invited to step out this evening
     Am7         D7            G     G7
With top hat and white tie and tails

[Verse]
C                                               Dm7  
I'm putting on my top hat         Tying  up  my white
         G7              C      G9 Abm G
 tie     Brushing off my tails
C                                           Dm7      
I'm duding up my shirt front Putting in the shirt 
    G7           C
studs  Polishing my nails

[Chorus]
C   Dm   Ebm                                         
I'm step-ping
      B7         E

Em
out, my dear to breathe an atmosphere that simply reeks
 with class
Em                                                  
And I trust that you'll excuse my dust  when I step 
B7     E      G   D    G7
on the gas    For I'll be
C                                              Dm    
there  putting down my top hat  mussing up my  white 
     G7            C
tie  dancing in my tails