Jackie Wilson, Reet Petite (1957)
Key: :[D] (w: Berry Gordy, Tyran Carlo) (Christmas #1, 1986)
INTRO: [G7] [D6]
VERSE 1:
Well,
[D6] look-a-by, look-a-by, look-a-by, look-a-by, oo-wee
[G7] Look-a-by, look-a-by, look-a-by,
[D6] oo-wee
[A7] Ooh aah,
[G7] ooh aah,
[D6] oo-
[D6]-wee
VERSE 2:
Well, she's so
[D6] fine, fine, fine; she's so
[D6] fine, fa-fa-fine
She's so
[G7] fi-i-i-i-i-ine; she's so
[D6] fine, fine, fine
She's
[A7] really sweet
The finest
[G7] girl you ever wanna
[D6] meet
BRIDGE:
Oh oh oh
[G7] oh; oh oh oh
[D6] oh; rrrrr-
[A7]-Reet Petite
The finest
[G7] girl you ever wanna
[D6] meet
VERSE 3:
Well, have you
[D6] ever seen a girl, for whom your
[D6] soul you'd give
For whom you'd
[D6] fight for,
[D6] die for,
[D6] pray to God for
But she's
[G7] so-o-o fine; she's
[D6] so fine
She's
[A7] really sweet, the finest
[G7] girl you ever wanna
[D6] meet
VERSE 4:
Well, she really
[D6] fills her clothes; from her
[D6] head to toe
I want the
[D6] world to
[D6] know; I
[D6] love her so
She's
[G7] all right; she's
[D6] all right
She's
[A7] all right, she loves
[G7] me both day and
[D6] night
BRIDGE:
Oh oh oh
[G7] oh; oh oh oh
[D6] oh; rrrrr-
[A7]-Reet Petite
The finest
[G7] girl you ever wanna
[D6] meet
BREAK: [G7] [D6]
VERSE 5:
Well, she's like
[D6] honey from a bee; she's like
[D6] peaches from a tree
I
[D6] love her,
[D6] need her;
[D6] she means so much to me
She's
[G7] all right; she's
[D6] got what it takes
She's
[A7] got what it takes and with
[G7] me she really
[D6] rates
VERSE 6:
Well, now,
[D6] she's my cutie;
[D6] My tutti-frutti
[D6] My heart, my love;
[D6] My bathing beauty
She's
[G7] all right; she's
[D6] got what it takes
She's
[A7] got what it takes and with
[G7] me she really
[D6] rates
BRIDGE:
Oh oh oh
[G7] oh; oh oh oh
[D6] oh; rrrrr-
[A7]-Reet Petite
The finest
[G7] girl you ever wanna
[D6] meet
OUTRO:
Rrrrr-
[A7]-Reet Petite
The finest
[G7] girl you ever wanna
[D6] meet
Rrrrr-
[A7]-Reet Petite
The finest
[G7] girl you ever wanna
[D6] meet
