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Hallelujah, I'm A Bum (chrom)

by American hobo song · 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)

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Tab
HALLELUJAH, I’M A BUM chrom
American hobo song
Key: E
Time: 3/4

-4  6    6    6   6
Oh why don’t you work 
-6*   7* 7*  7* 7*
Like oth-er men do? 
 6   7*  -8  -8 -8  8*
How the hell can I work 
 8*     7*   7* -6* -6* -6*
When there’s no work to do? 

-8  -8 8* -8    7* -6* 6
Hal-le-lu-jah, I’m a bum, 
-8  -8 8* -8    7* 7* -6*
Hal-le-lu-jah, bum a-gain
-8  -8 8* -8    7*  7*-6* 6    6
Hal-le-lu-jah, give us a hand-out 
7* 7*  -7  7*-6* 6
To re-vive us a-gain
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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