Vicksburg Blues

by Little Brother Montgomery · 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

VICKSBURG BLUES
Little Brother Montgomery
Key: F

        F                    F/A
5  -5  -6   -6  -6  -6   -6 -6 -6-5*5
I been wor-ried all day, ma-ma Mm-mmm
Bb(11)          Bb/C              F F/A F/C
-5*  -5*   5   -6  5    6  -6-5* 4-3*-3 
And could-n’t hard-ly sleep last night
F               Bb              Bb/D
5  -5  -6   -6  -6  -6   -6 -6 
I been wor-ried all day, ma-ma 
Bb/F                           F F/D F/C
 -5*  -5*  -5*  5   -6  -5*4  4-3 
Could-n’t hard-ly sleep last night
F            F/C               
-6 7* -7    8    -9    9     9
I had the blues from Vicks-burg,
                 Bb(11)
-9  -9   8 -7-6 
Mis-sis-sip-pi,
               Bb/C        F
-6    7   -7   8  8  -9  -6
And could-n’t be sat-is-fied

Down there in Vicksburg, Mississippi,
Where I long to be 2X
I got a cool pretty mama,
Waiting there for me

Now there is nothing I can do,
Mama, or no more I can say 2X
All I know I'm due in Vicksburg
Lord, this very day

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