Lonesome Whistle (Ray Steel harmonica)

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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


-3  -3 -3”  3 
Was  rid-  in’
     
 3   -3 -3”  3   -3
That  num-  ber nine

-4  -4   5    6   
 A head-in’ south
   
  -4  4    -4  -3 -3”  3
 From Ca-  ro-  li    na

-1  2  -2  -3  -4    
 I got in trou-ble

-3  -3 -3” -2  -3” -2   -3 -3” 2
 I     had       to       roam

 -3  -3”  3   3  -3 -3”  3   -3
Left my  gal and  left   my home

-4  -4    5     6   5    -4   5   -3 -3” 3
 I heard that lone-sone whis-tle    blow



-3 -3   4   3  4   5  -4   -3 -3” 3 -3
 I was just a kid act-in’     smart

-4  -4  -4 6   5   -4   -3    -3    -3”
 I went  and broke my  dar-  lin’s heart


 -3   -3” 3   3  -3   -3”  3   -3
They took me off the Geor-gia Main

-4    -4   5  6  5  -4   5  -3 -3” 3
And locked me to a ball and   chain

-4  -4    5     6   5    -4   5   -3 -3” 3
 I heard that lone-sone whis-tle    blow

(Narration)

-2 -3 -4  4   3  4    5   -4 -3 -3” 3 -3
 All   a-lone I bear the      shame

-4 -4  -4 6  5  -4   -3  -3  -3”
 I am    a  num-ber  not  a name

 -3 -3 -3” 3  -3  -3 -3”  3   -3
And all I  do is   sit   and  cry

-4  -4   5    6    5   -4   5   -3 -3” 3
The ev-‘nin train goes rol-lin’    by 

-4  -4    5     6   5    -4   5   -3 -3” 3
 I heard that lone-sone whis-tle    blow

-2 (-3 -4) (-3’ -4’) (-3 -4)
     (Train whistle)

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