Buffalo Gals (hi-lo)

by Cool White (John Hodges) · 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

BUFFALO GALS hi-lo
(Won’t You Come Out Tonight)
By: Cool White (John Hodges)
Key: D
Time: 2/4

 1  1  1   2     3   3
 4  4  4   5     6   6
Buf-fa-lo gals won’t ya 

 -3”  3  3    2
 -6   6  6    5
come out to-night

  2   2   3   -2” -2” -1
  5   5   6   -5  -5  -4
won’t ya come out to-night

 -1   -1  -3”  3  3    2
 -4   -4  -6   6  6    5
won’t ya come out to-night

 1  1  1   2     3   3
 4  4  4   5     6   6
Buf-fa-lo gals won’t ya 

 -3”  3  3    2
 -6   6  6    5
come out to-night

 2    3   -2”-2”  2    -1 -1   1
 5    6   -5 -5   5    -4 -4   4
And dance by the light of the moon

3    4    -3 -3  -3”
6    7    -7 -7  -6
I danced with a gal

 3   3  -3” 3   3    2    2
 6   6  -6  6   6    5    5
With a hole in her stock-ing

 2   2   3    -2”-2” -1  -1
 5   5   6    -5 -5  -4  -4
And her heel kept a-rock-in’

 3   3  -3”  3  3    2   2
 6   6  -6   6  6    5   5
And her toe kept a-knock-in’

3   4     -3 -3 -3”
6   7     -7 -7 -6
I danced with a gal

 3   3  -3” 3   3    2    2
 6   6  -6  6   6    5    5
With a hole in her stock-ing

 2  2     3   3   3   -2”  -1 -1   1
 5  5     6   6   6   -5   -4 -4   4
And we danced by the light of the moon

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