Rainy Day Blues

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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

RAINY DAY BLUES
By: Sam Hopkins & Mack McCormick
Lightning Hopkins
Key: E

  E                                 E  
 -5   -5   -5  -4  -4    -3   -3    3   3
Lord, I'm just sit-tin’ down here think-in’,

 -5  -5 -5 -4 -4 -3 -3  -3    3  2  2
What am I gon-na do on this rain-y day?
                                   A7
-5   -5   -5  -4  -4    -3   3*    2   2
Yes, I'm just sit-tin’ down here think-in’,
                                 E
 -5  -5 -5 -4 -4 -3  -3    3  2  2
What am I gon-na do this rain-y day?
                               B7
 3*   3*  3*    3*   3*   3*  -3 3* -3 -4
Well, it don’t look like the clouds ev-er
 A7                          E 
-3  3  -3   3  -3   -4   -3  3* 2   2
Gon-na let the sun shine an-oth-er day.

Yeah, you know it keeps on rainin’,
Old Lightnin’ don’t make no time. 2x
Yeah, you know, I can’t help worry about her,
Oh Lord, about that little girl of mine.

They tell me it’s raining,
That’s the time a man has the blues 2x
Well, you know I can’t be happy,
‘cause my baby left me,
she left me my old run down shoes.

Did I tell you what I'm gonna do,
Man, on this rainy day? 2x
Wel, it don’t look like the sun
Is gonna ever shine
Oh Lord, the cloud won’t pass away

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