Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away)

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+: 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)

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Tab

DON’T SELL IT, (DON’T GIVE IT AWAY)
Buddy Woods
Key: G
Fast jump blues

        G
-4 -4  -5  -5 -3*  3   3
It was ear-ly one morn-in’

  -5   5   -3*  -4  3
‘bout the break of day,

 -5   -5  -3*  -4  3  3
Don’t you hear me cry-in’,

 -3*   3  -3*  3  -3* -3* 3
Won’t you lis-ten what I say
C7
-5  -5 -3*  3    3
Ear-ly one morn-ing
                           G
-5 -5    -3* -4    3   2   3
Ba-by, ‘bout the break of day
 D7
 4   4   4  -4  4   -5
Told me not to sell it,
                            G
-3*-4    3    2   -3* -4 3  3
Pa-pa, don’t you give it a-way
        G
-4 -4  -5   3  3   3
I said yes, ba-by yes

-5  3  3  3  
No, ba-by no

-5   3  3   3  -3*  3  3  3  
Yes, ba-by yes  no, ba-by no
      C7
-3*  -5   3  3   3
Said yes, ba-by yes
                      G
 4   -5  3  -4  3  2  3
Hear me say no, ba-by no
   D7
   4    4   4    4  -5
Thought I found Jel-ly,
                     G
-3*-4   3    3   3   3
‘Shaw don’t sell no more

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