A Man Needs A Maid (hi & lo 12th pos)

How hard is it?

Ad: Want to make A Man Needs A Maid (hi & lo 12th pos) sound awesome on your harmonica? Master tight single notes, rock solid bending and more with easy video lessons → click here.

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

A MAN NEEDS A MAID hi & lo 12th pos.
By: Neil Young
Key: Dm

This song is tabbed on a C diatonic
12th pos.

4   -4  -4   -4   5  -4 -3” 4 -3” 4
7   -8  -8   -8   8  -8 -6  7 -6  7
My life is chang-ing in so man-y ways

4   -4    5  -5  -5  -5-4  4 4  4
7   -8    8  -9  -9  -9-8  7 7  7
I don't know who to trust an-y-more

  -5   -5 -5  -5   6   -5  5 4  4    4
  -9   -9 -9  -9   9   -9  8 7  7    7
There's a sha-dow run-ning thru my days

 -4  5 -5  -5  -5  -5   5   -4  4   -3”
 -8  8 -9  -9  -9  -9   8   -8  7   -6
Like a beg-gar go-ing from door to door.


-4 -4  -4   -4   -4  -4  5  -4   4 -3” 4
-8 -8  -8   -8   -8  -8  8  -8   7 -6  7
I was think-ing that may-be I'd get a maid

 -4  5  -5    -5  -5  5  -4  4   4
 -8  8  -9    -9  -9  8  -8  7   7
Find a place near-by for her to stay.

 -5   -5  -5  -5   6  -5  5 4    4
 -9   -9  -9  -9   9  -9  8 7    7
Just some-one to keep my house clean,

-4   5  -5-4 -4  -4 4 -4
-8   8  -9-8 -8  -8 7 -8
Fix my meals and go a-way.


-3”-55 -4 -4    5  -4  -4  -3”-5 5
-6 -98 -8 -8    8  -8  -8  -6 -9 8
A maid. A man needs a maid. A maid.


 4     5  -4  4    -4    4
 7     8  -8  7    -8    7
It's hard to make that change

 -3”   5  -4   4    -4     4
 -6    8  -8   7    -8     7
When life and love turn strange.

-4  -3”3-2”
-8  -66-5
And cold.


3   5   6   6    5  -5  -5  -5  5   4
6   8   9   9    8  -9  -9  -9  8   7
To give a love, you got-ta live a love.

3   5   6   6    5  -5  -5 -5   5   4
6   8   9   9    8  -9  -9 -9   8   7
To live a love, you got-ta be "part of"

  5    5  5  5   5  4  -3
  8    8  8  8   8  7  -7
When will I see you a-gain?

-3” -4 -4 -4  -4    5  -4   4    -3”  4
-6  -8 -8 -8  -8    8  -8   7    -6   7
A while a-go some-where I don't know when

-4 5   -5   -5 -5 -5  5   -4  4   4
-8 8   -9   -9 -9 -9  8   -8  7   7
I was watch-ing a mov-ie with a friend.

-5 -5  -5  -5   6   -5  54   4
-9 -9  -9  -9   9   -9  87   7
I fell in love with the ac-tress.

-4   5   -5  -5 -5  -5
-8   8   -9  -9 -9  -9
She was play-ing a part

 -5 -5   5   -4  4    -4
 -9 -9   8   -8  7    -8
that I could un-der-stand.


-3”-55  -4 -5   5   -4  -4
-6 -98  -8 -9   8   -8  -8
A maid.  A man needs a maid.

-3”-55  -4 -5   5   -4  -4
-6 -98  -8 -9   8   -8  -8
A maid.  A man needs a maid.

 5    5   5  5   5 -4  -3
 8    8   8  8   8 -8  -7
When will I see you a-gain?

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