Salty Dog

by Mississippi John Hurt, Papa Charlie Jackson · 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

SALTY DOG
By: Mississippi John Hurt
Papa Charlie Jackson
Key: F

(F)            D7                       G7
 1    1    1* -5  -5-6-6* -5  -6 -6* -5
Why don’t you let me be your salt-y dog

 -5    -5  -5 -6  -5  -6 -6* -5
Don’t want to be your man at all
 C7                                  F
 -5 -5  5*  -3  -3  -3* -4   5  -5 -2
Salt-y dog, ma-ma’s lit-tle salt-y dog
           D7
 5    5*   -5  -5  -5 -5 -6  -6
Just like hunt-ing for a nee-dle

-5 -5 -6 -6*  -5
In a bale of sand
  G7
 -5   -5  -6 -5 -6  -5 -6  -5  -6  -6 -5
Try’n to find a wom-an has-n’t got no man
 C7               F
 -5 -5  5    5   -5 -5  5
Salt-y dog, you salt-y dog
               D7                       G7
 5    5    5* -5  -5 -6  -5   -6 -6* -5
Why don’t you let me be your salt-y dog

 -5    -5  -5 -6  -6  -6  -6 -5
Don’t want to be your man at all
 C7                                F
 -5 -5  5   -3  -3  -3* -4   5  -5 -2
Salt-y dog, ma-ma’s lit-tle salt-y dog

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