A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight

by Mississippi John Hurt · 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

A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT
W: Joe Hayden
M: Theodore Metz
Mississippi John Hurt
Key: G

 -4  -4   -4   -3* -4  4   -4  -3*  -4   3
When you hear them-a bells go ding ling ling
-5   -5    -5   5*-5  6   -5  5*  -5   -4
All join ‘round and sweet-ly you must sing
-1   2    3   -4   -4   -4
And when the verse is through
-3* -4  4  -4  -3*  -4  3
In the cho-rus all join in,
    3   -2* 3 -4   -3  -1 -1  -4   -3  -1   3
There’ll be a hot time in the old town to-night

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