Blue Yodel No. 1 (2nd pos)

by Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings · posted by WaltP

How hard is it?

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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

BLUE YODEL No. 1 (T For Texas) 2nd pos
By: Jimmie Rodgers 
Hank Locklin, Billy Walker, 
Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings 
Key: F 
Harp: Bb

-4 -4 -4  -3 -4 -4  -4  -3  -2
T for Tex-as, T for Ten-nes-see  
-3’-3” 2  -2 -3’-3” -2   2  -2
T for Tex-as, T for Ten-nes-see 
-3’-3” -3” -1
T for Thel-ma 
 -3   4    -4’  -4 -4  -4   -4  -3 -2 6
that girl that made a wreck out of me  

-3 -3’-4 -7 -4-3’ -6 -4 -3 6
O     la-ee-oo la-ee-oo la-ee 
-3 -3’  -4    -4  -4 -4 -3
If you don't want me ma-ma, 
-3   -4   -4    -4  -3  -2
You sure don’t have to stall 
 -2  -2 -3” -3’ -3”  -2  -1*
Cause I can get more wom-en  
 -2 -2 -3’ -3’ -3”   -2  -2   -2
than a pas-sen-ger train can haul 
 -3’ -3’-3’ -3’ -3”  -3”-3”
Cause I can get more wom-en  
 -3  4 -4  -4  -4   -4   -3  -2 6
than a pas-sen-ger train can haul 
-3-3’-4 -7 -4 -3’-6 -4 -6  6
O    la-ee-oo la-ee-oo la-ee

The note with the * is sharped which is probably not available on the diatonic.  Slide harp players can rejoice though.

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