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How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm?

by Nora Bayes · posted by WaltP

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Draw note
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Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
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Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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Tab
HOW ‘YA GONNA KEEP ‘EM DOWN ON THE FARM?
(After They’ve Seen Paree)
W: Sam Lewis & Joe Young
M: Walter Donaldson
Nora Bayes
Key: Bb

-3* -2  3  -1  -2   3   -3  3* -3   -2
How ya gon-na keep 'em down on the farm
-3  3*   -3     -2  -3  3
Af-ter they've seen Pa-ree'
-3* -2  3  -1  -2   3  3* -3  -3*  -4    4
How ya gon-na keep 'em a-way from Broad-way
-5   5* -5  5    5   -5   5*  -5   5
Jazz-in a-round and paint-in' the town
-3* -2  3  -1  -2   3  3* -3   3   -2
How ya gon-na keep 'em a-way from harm, 
-3     3  -2 -5*-5
that's a mys-ter-y
-3*      5 -3*  -5 -3*  5 -3* -5 -3*  -3*
They'll nev-er want to see a rake or plow
-3*  5  -3*  -5   -3*  5  -3*  -5 -3*-3*
And who the deuce can par-ley-vous a cow?
-3* -2  3  -1  -2   3   -3  3* -3   -2
How ya gon-na keep 'em down on the farm
-5* -5   -5*    -5   5 -3*
Af-ter they've seen Pa-ree'
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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