Oh Boy! (chromatic)

by Buddy Holly & The Crickets · 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

OH BOY! chromatic
By Sunny West, Bill Tilghman & Norman Petty
Buddy Holly & The Crickets 
Key:G 

-1  -1 3   -4
All of my love.  
-5  -5 -5  -4  -4
all of my kiss-in’  
-4   -4    -4   -4
you don’t know what  
  -4    -4 -4  -3  3
you’ve been a-miss-in’  
-3  3   3   3
oh boy (oh boy)  
  2    3     -3  3
when you’re with me,  
2  -1   3   3
oh boy (oh boy) 
-1    -1   2   -1    2
the world will see that  
-1    2    -1   2  3
you were meant for me  

-1  -1 3   -4   -5   -5 -5  -4  -4
All of my life I’ve been a-wait-in’  
-4   -4     -4    -4 -4 -4 -3  3  3
to-night there’ll be no hes-i-tat-in’  
-3  3   3   3
oh boy (oh boy)   
  2    3     -3  3
when you’re with me  
2  -1   3   3
oh boy (oh boy) 
-1    -1    2  -1    2
the world will see that  
-1    2   -1    2  3
you were meant for me   

  -3  -3  -3  -3   -3  -3   -2* -1
Stars ap-pear and shad-ows fall-in' 
 3   3    3  -4   -4   -3  3
you can hear my heart call-in' 
3  2   2   3  3   3  3  
A lit-tle bit of lov-in’ 
  3   -3  -3   3     3
makes ev-‘ry-thing right  
3  -3  -3  -3 -3  -3 -5 -5 -5  -5 6
an I’m gon-na see my ba-by to-night  

-1  -1 3   -4
All of my love.  
-5  -5 -5  -4  -4
all of my kiss-in’  
-4   -4    -4   -4
you don’t know what  
  -4    -4 -4  -3  3
you’ve been a-miss-in’  
-3  3   3   3
oh boy (oh boy)  
  2    3     -3  3
when you’re with me,  
-6     7     -8  7 
2  -1   3   3
oh boy (oh boy) 
-1    -1   2   -1    2
the world will see that  
-1    2    -1   2  3
you were meant for me

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