Java Jive

by Milton Drake and Ben Oakland · posted by harmusman

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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  4   -3"  4   3  -3   -3~~
//I love cof-fee,/I love tea--/

6  6   -5  -5 5   -4  -4  5    4   4~~~ 
I love the ja-va jive and/it loves me--/

 6   6   6   6~~~  6   6   6~~~~6    6  6    -5
cof-fee and tea-- and the jiv-/-in' and me-- a/

 6   5 -5  -4  5   4 -4  -3  4
cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a/cup!   /

3  4  -3" 4    3   -3  -3~~~~
I love Ja-va/sweet and hot--/

   6      6  -5  -5 5   -4 -4  5   4   4
whoops!! Mis-ter Mo-to, I'm a/cof-fee pot/

  6   6   6   6~~~~  6   6    6~~~  6  6  6~~~ -5
shoot me the pot,-- and I'll pour-/-me a shot- a/

 6   5 -5  -4  5   4  -4 -3  4    4
cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a/cup,  so/

 5   4 -4  5~~~~  4   -4   5
slip me a slug-- from the won-/

  4  -4   5~~~  4   -4   5~~~
-der-ful mug-- and I'll cut,-/

  4 -4  5~~~~ -4   4   -6~~~~ 4  4   4~~~ 4
-cut a rug-- 'til I'm snug-/-in the jug-- a/

  6   -5  5 -4  -3 3 -3   3~~~   -5   6
slice of on-ion on a/raw one,--/draw one-- /

  6  6     6  6    6   6  6  6   3  4   -3"  4
wait-er, wait-er, per-co-la-tor!/I love cof-fee/

3  -3  -3~~~ 6  6   -5  -5 5   -4  -4
I love tea--/I love the Ja-va Jive and/

5    4   4~~~  6   6   6   6~~~ 6   6   6~~~
it loves me--/Cof-fee and tea--and the jiv-/

~ 6   6  6   -5  6   5 -5  -4  5   4 -4  -3
-in' and me,--a/cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a/

 4      4   4   4~~~~  -3  -3    4  4   4~~~
cup.  /Bos-ton bean- /soy bean- /li-ma bean-/

  -3    -3~~~  4   4   5~~~ -5 -5  -5~~ -5
string bean- /I'm not keen-/for a bean- un/

  6   -5 -5 5   6  -5  -5  5   6
-less it is a cheer-y cof-fee/bean:

Yours Harmusman

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