The Japanese Sandman

by Benny Goodman, Django Reinhardt · 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

THE JAPANESE SANDMAN
W: Raymond Egan
M: Richard Whiting
Benny Goodman, Django Reinhardt
Key: F

  4    -3   4 -3  4    -3  -3
Here's the Jap-a-nese Sand-man 
  4   -3  4   -3   4  -3
Sneak-ing on with the dew 
 4   -3  4  -3   4   -5   4
just an old sec-ond hand man 
 -3    4   -3   4  -3   3   -2
He'll buy your old day from you 
4   -3   4   -3  4  -3  -3
he will take ev-‘ry sor-row 
4  -3   4   -3  4     4*
of the day that is through 
 6    5*   6    5* 6   5* -4
and he'll give you to-mor-row 
 -4  3*  -4    3* -4 -3
just to start life a-new 
 4     -3   4 -3  4  -3  -3
then you'll be a bit old-er 
4  -5   4    -3   3   -2
in the dawn when you wake 
-3   -2    -3 -2 -3  -2  -2
and you'll be a bit bold-er 
 -3  -2  -3  -2  -3   3
with the new day you make 
  4    -3   4 -3  4    -3  -3
here's the Jap-a-nese Sand-man 
  4   -3   4  -3   4   -6
trade him sil-ver for gold 
 -5  -3 -5  -3  -5   -3  -3
just an old sec-ond hand man 
 4   -3   4   -3   3  -2
trad-ing new days for old.

REPEAT

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