Kokomo Blues

by Mississippi Fred McDowell · 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

KOKOMO BLUES
By: Mississippi Fred McDowell
Francis “Scrapper” Blackwell
Key: D

D/F#                                G7
 -5    -7 -7   -7   7  -6-5 -5 -2*
Mmmm,  ba-by don’t you want to go
                                   D/F#
 -5    -6 -6   -6   6   -5  -3 -3-2*
Mmmm,  ba-by don’t you want to  go
 A7
 -7   -7  -7  -7    7   -7
Pack your lit-tle suit-case,
 G7                     D 
-7  -7   -7   7 -6-5-3 -5
Pa-pa’s goin’ to Ko-ko-mo

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