Alabama Jubilee

by Jerry Reed, Roy Clark · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

ALABAMA JUBILEE
W: Jack Yellen
M: George Cobb
Jerry Reed, Roy Clark
Key: C

-2*   3   3* -3  3 2  -3
You ought to see M-r Jones 
3    2  -3   3    2   -3
when he rat-tles the bones
-3   3*  -1   -3    -2* -1    -3
Old Col-‘nel Brown fool-in' round 
-2* -1   -3
like a clown
-4   -3* -4  -3  3  3*  -3    3* -3  -4
Miss Vir-gin-ia who is past eight-y-three 
4     -4    4   -3  3   2
Shout-in' “I'm full o'-pep”

(spoken)
Watch yo’ step.  Watch yo’ step. 

-3   3   2  -3    3    2  -3
One leg-ged Joe danced a roun’ 
3   2  -3
on his toe
-1    1* -1  2    -2
Threw a-way his crutch 
2   -2    3    -3   -3 -3
and hol-lered “Let ‘er go”

-4  5  -5  6    6   -5    4    -3   3
Oh hon-ey hail hail the gang's all here 
-2* 3  -3 4 -3 4  -4  3  4 
for an Al-a-ba-ma Ju-bi-lee

REPEAT

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound