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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  Abm G   C Dm7 Ebm Em B7 E G D G7 C Dm G7
E|-3--0---x--0--2-----1----2--1--2-|-0-1---1--5---4---3-|-0-1---2---3--2--0-3-2-1--0-1--1--|
B|-0--1---3--1--3-----0----1--0--0-|-1-3---0--3---4---3-|-1-3---4---5--0--0-0-1-0--1-3--0--|
G|-0--0---0--2--4-----1----2--0--2-|-0-2---0--4---4---4-|-0-2---3---4--2--1-0-2-0--0-2--0--|
D|-0--2---0--0--5-----0----0--0--0-|-2-3---0--5---6---5-|-2-3---4---5--1--2-0-0-0--2-3--0--|
A|-2--0---2--x--x-----x----x--2--x-|-3-0---2--5---6---5-|-3-x---x---x--2--2-2-x-2--3-x--2--|
E|-3--x---3--x--x-----x----x--3--x-|-x-x---3--3---4---3-|-x-x---x---x--x--0-3-x-3--x-x--3--|

[Intro]
  G              F            Eb              D           D7        G
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|8----7---------6--5--|------4---3----------| 2---1-------1----0---|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-----------7---------|--5-------------3----|--------1------------| 0---0---2---3---0--|-------------------|X2
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|--0---2---3---0----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
  D                             Cmaj7             Dmaj7             G                A
E|5-----------------5----|------7----------------| 9-----------------10------|--------12---------------------|
B|------7-------------7--|------------8----------|------10--------------12--|----------------14-------------|
G|------------7----------|--7---------------9----|------------11------------|----12------------------14-----|
D|0----------------------|-----------------------| 0-------------------------|0------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
  D6                                                   D9
E|2---2----2---2-----2---2--|----2---2-----2----------| 0---0----0---0-----0---0--|---0---0-------0----------|
B|0---0----0---0-----0---0--|----0---0-----0-----0----| 1---1----1---1-----1---1--|---1---1-------1----------|
G|2---2----2---2-----2---2--|----2---2-----2----------| 2---2----2---2-----2---2--|---2---2-------2----------|
D|0---0----0---0-----0---0--|----0---0-----0----------| 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           G7              C      G9 Abm G
I'm putting on my top hat         Tying  up  my white tie     Brushing off my tails
C                                           Dm7          G7           C
I'm duding up my shirt front Putting in the shirt studs  Polishing my nails

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