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Slap Tha t Bass (From the Film "S HALL WE DA NCE ") Lyric by IRA GERSHWIN Music by GEORGE GERSHWIN go! Slap that bass, slap it till it's diz - zy j Slap that bass, Keep the rhy Eb6 Bb7 Bb+ Eb7 Ebm Bbm Ab Db7 Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! Mis· e - ry you got to r Use it like a ton- ic! Slap that bass, Keep your Phil . har - mon- ic! Zoom! Slap that bass, Ebm Zoom! Zoom! - thm bus > y! Ab9

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Thank Heaven For Little Girls (From the Film "GIG!") Lyric by ALAN JAY LERNER Music by FREDERlCK LOEWE

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Thank heav. en for lit - tle girls! For lit - tIe girls get big - ger ev - 'ry

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f» @j I I ~~~ f77]r , ~ r rs--ffl.. ------­day Thank heav . en for lit - tle girls! They grow up in the

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most de -light- ful way. Those lit· tIe eyes so help-less andap - peal. ing __One day will

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flash and send you crash - ing through the ceil - ing. _

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Copyright ©I957 (unpub.) & 1958 by Chappell & Co ., Inc .

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G em D Am D Thank heaven for little girls! For little girls get bigger ev'ry day Thank heaven for lillie girls! They grow up in the most

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delightful way. Those little eyes so helpless and appealing One day will flash and send you crashing through the ceiling. 4+4+ 3 2 5 5 6 6 7 7 6 6 5 7 6 5 6 5 7 5 6 5 7 6 6 5 7 6

G Cm G Am G Thank heaven for little girls Thank heaven for them all no matter where, No matter WIIO, Without them what wo uld

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littl e boy s do? Thank heaven Thank heaven Thank heaven for little girls. 7 5 6 5 2 1+ 2 2 1+ 2 2 1+ 2 2 6 7 5

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Slap That Bass (From the Film "SHALL WE DA NCE ") Lyric by IRA GERSHWIN Music by GEORGE GERSHWIN

go!

Slap that bass, slap it till it's diz - zy j Slap that bass, Keep the rhy

Eb6 Bb7 Bb+ Eb7

~o ~ Ebm Bbm Ab Db7

, ~ Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! Mis· e - ry you got to

r Use it like a ton- ic! Slap that bass, Keep your Phil . har - mon- ic! Zoom!

Slap that bass,

Ebm

~~ Zoom! Zoom!

- thm bus > y!

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Copyright ©1937 b y G <cshw in Publishing Corporatio n . Co pyright renewed. Cha p pell & Co., In c ., so le selling agent. Used by Permission .> I

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And the milk and hon - ey . 11 flow! __ Die ta tors would be __ bet- ter off_ If they

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~! e loom loomed now and then. __ To day__ you can see__ that the hap - pi-est men -

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All got rhy - thm! In which case If you want to bub - ble, Slap tha t bass,

EbnTlf·~~.~~~ Slap a- way your trou - ble! Learn to loom, zoom, zoom! Slap that bass! _

F D C Gm G C Slap that bass, slap it till it' s d izzy, slap that bass, keep th e r hythm busy ! Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! Misery, you got to go!

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G C r D e Gm Slap that bass, use it like a toni c! Slap th at bass, keep your Philharmon ic! Zoom! Zoom! Zoo m! And the

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G C F G C Dm G e F milk and honey-'ll flow ! Dictator s would be better o ff if th ey zoom zo omed now and then. Today you can see that th e 6 5 7 6 5 9 8 85+ 6 8 6 5 4 3 2 I I 3 3 2 8 8 5+ 6 8 6 5

G C G F GF D e happiest men all got rhythm ! In which case if you want to bubble, slap that bass, slap away your trouble! Learn to zoom , 4 3 2 3 5 6 8 9 1 2+ 2 1 2+ 2 I 2+ 2 I 2+ 2 I 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 5

em G e zoo m, zoom! Slap Chat ba ss!

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Mona Lisa (From the Film "CA PTAIN CARE Y, USA, ")

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~ . III 0 '" na L ~ - sa, M na L-h- sa men = d yo u; Y 're so I'ke l ea - y the mys-ti c Is - o I ave name au z hid with s mi!e. it

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on - Iy 'cau se you're lone-I y_ they ave blam ed you For that Mo - na Li - sa srrange-ne ssj; in your smil e? Do you 3 Ab

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! ~'& & ~~~=:J~~~ dreams hav e be en brought to your door ' s tep . The y [u s t l ie there, and th ey di e th ere. Are you

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F Gm Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you; you're SO like the lady with th e mystic smile. Is it only ' cause you 're lonely 8 7 9 8 8 7 9 8 6 4 2 I 11 10 10 9 9 8 8 6 6+ 8 5 9 8+109 6+ 6 8 6+

C F they have blamed you for that Mon a Lisa strangeness in your smile? Do you smile to tempt a lover Mon a Lisa, or is this

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your way to hide a broken heart? Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep. They just lie there, and they di e ther e. 9 9 8 8 6 6+ 8 9 6+ 8 8+ 8+ 9+ 11 9+ 8+ 8+ 8 9 8 8 3 9 8 8 6

Bb F C F Are you warm , are yo u real, Mona Lisa, or ju st a cold and lonely, lovely work of art? 6+ 8 9 9 10 II 10 9 9 8 I 2 I 6+ 8 6 5 6 5 - 6 5 4