Get A Job

by The Silhouettes, Sha Na Na · 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.

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GET A JOB
By: Earl Beal, Richard Lewis
    Raymond Edwards, William Horton
The Silhouettes, Sha Na Na
Key: C	

 4  -3 3  -3   4  4  4  -3 3
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
 4  -3 3  -3   4  4  4  -3 3
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
-3  -3 -3 -3  -3  -3 -3 -3 -3
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
 4  -3 3  -3   4  4  4  -3 3 
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
 3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip 
-2  -2  -2  -2  -2  -2
Mum mum mum mum mum mum 
 3  2  1
Get a job 
 4  -3 3  -3   4  4  4  -3 3
Sha na na na, sha na na na na

 3  3    4   4  4  -3    3   2
Ev-‘ry morn-ing a-bout this time
 2  -2 -2*  3  3  3   3
she get me out of my bed
3 -3  -3   3  3  1
a-cry-ing get a job.
 2  2   -2    -2   -2  -2 -2
Af-ter break-fast, ev-‘ry-day, 
-2    -2    1   -2   -2   -2  -2 -2
she throws the want ads right my way
-2   3  3    3   3  3
And nev-er fails to say,
 3  3  1
Get a job 

 4  -3 3  -3   4  4  4  -3 3
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
 4  -3 3  -3   4  4  4  -3 3
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
-3  -3 -3 -3  -3  -3 -3 -3 -3
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
 4  -3 3  -3   4  4  4  -3 3 
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
 3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip 
-2  -2  -2  -2  -2  -2
Mum mum mum mum mum mum 
 3  2  1
Get a job 
 4  -3 3  -3   4  4  4  -3 3
Sha na na na, sha na na na na
 4  -3 3  -3   4  4  4  -3 3
Sha na na na, sha na na na na

 1   -2 -2 -2  3-3  3 -2
And when I get the pa-per
3   2  2     2     2    2
I read it through and through
 2  -1   1  -1  -1   2   -1  1
And my girl nev-er fails to say
-2   -2  -2 -2-2  -2  -3  -3
If there is an-y work for me,
 3    3  3  4   4  4   4    4   
And when I go back to the house
4   3   3   3    3    3
I hear the wom-an's mouth
   1    1   1  1  1   1
Preach-ing and a cry-ing,
  1  1   1    1  1   1    3   3  4
Tell me that I'm ly-ing 'bout a job
 3   3  3  3    3     1
That I nev-er could find.

 4  -3 3  -3   4  4  4  -3 3
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
 4  -3 3  -3   4  4  4  -3 3
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
-3  -3 -3 -3  -3  -3 -3 -3 -3
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
 4  -3 3  -3   4  4  4  -3 3 
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
 3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip 
-2  -2  -2  -2  -2  -2
Mum mum mum mum mum mum 
 3  2  1
Get a job 
 4  -3 3  -3   4  4  4  -3 3
Sha na na na, sha na na na na
 4  -3 3  -3   4  4  4  -3 3
Sha na na na, sha na na na na

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