Chi-baba Chi-baba (diatonic) Harmonica Tabs

Written by Mack David, Jerry Livingston, and Al Hoffman
Most popularly covered by Perry Como and Peggy Lee.

For Diatonic Key of C

7 7 6 6 -6 -6 5 5 6 6
Ma-ny years a-go in old Sor-ren-to

5 -5 5 6 6 -4 -5 5 6
A cer-tain dit-ty was quite the thing

6 6 -6 -7 7 7 6 6 -6 -6
When-ev-er a mo-ther rocked her ba-by

5 5 6 6
in Sor-ren-to

6 -6 6 -7 -7 -5 6 -6 -7
This lit-tle dit-ty she used to sing

6 7 -8 7 -7 -6 -7 7 6
Chi-ba-ba, chi-ba-ba, chi-wa-wa

-5 6 -7 -6 -5 5 -4 -6 6
En-ja-la-wa cook-a-la goom-ba

6 7 -8 7 -7 -6 -7 7 6
Chi-ba-ba, chi-ba-ba, chi-wa-wa

-5 6 -7 -6 -5 -4 4
My bam-bi-no go to sleep

-repeat “Chibaba” chorus-

5 5 -6 -6 6 6 -7
All the stars are in the skies

-6 -7 7 -7 -6 5
Read-y to say good night

5 5 -6 -6 6 6 -7 -7 -6
Can’t you see your doll is sleep-y too

6 6 7 7 -7 -7 -8
Close your drow-sy lit-tle eyes

7 -8 8 -8 7 6
Ma-ma will hold you tight

-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 -8
While she sings a lull-a-by to you

-Repeat one ‘Chibaba’ chorus and done.-