Seventh Son

by Willie Dixon, Johnny Rivers, Sting · 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)

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Tab

SEVENTH SON
By: Willie Dixon
Johnny Rivers, Sting
Key: Eb

-5* 5  -5*  5  -5*  -3*   5   -3* -5*  5  -5*-3*
Ev-‘ry-bod-y’s talk-in' 'bout the sev-enth son 
5  -3*  -5*   -5*   -1*   -2* -1*-2*-2* -1*
In the whole round world there is on-ly one, 
1   -2* -2* -1*  -3* -2* -3*3 
and I'm the one, I'm the one 
5*  -3*  5*   5*  5* -3*3*
I'm the one, I'm the  one, 
-3* -5* -5*  -2*  -1* -2*  -2* -1*
The one they call the sev-enth son 

5 -3*  -5* -5* -5* -3*  5 -3* -5*  5 -5*-3*  
I can tell your fu-ture if we come to pass 
5 -3* -5*  -5* -5* -3*
I can do things to you 
5     -3*   5*   -1*  -1*
Make your heart feel glad 
-5* -5*  5* -5*   5  -5*   5 -5*-3* 
Look in the sky, pre-dict the rain 
-5*  -5*  5 -5* -3*   5 -3*  5* 5* 3-1*
Tell when a wo-man's got an-oth-er man 

-2* -2* -1*  -3* -2* -3*3 
I'm the one, I'm the one 
5*  -3*  5*   5*  5* -3*3*
I'm the one, I'm the  one, 
-3* -5* -5*  -2*  -1* -2*  -2* -1*
The one they call the sev-enth son

5 -3*  -5*  -5*  -5*-3*
I can talk these words 
5     -3*  -5* -5* 5 -3*
that will sound so sweet 
5    -3* -5* 5  -5*   5   -5* -5*  -1*
They will ev-en make your lit-tle heart 
3    1  -1*
Skip a beat 

-5*   5   -5*   -5*   5 -5*-3*
Heal the sick, raise the dead 
-5*   5  -5*  5 -5*-3*
Make the lit-tle girls 
5     5* -3*  5*  -2-1*
talk out of their heads

-2* -2* -1*  -3* -2* -3*3 
I'm the one, I'm the one 
5*  -3*  5*   5*  5* -3*3*
I'm the one, I'm the  one, 
-3* -5* -5*  -2*  -1* -2*  -2* -1*
The one they call the sev-enth son

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