Down the Sawdust Trail

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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

3    4 -4 5 5
There are so many
-5 -4 -3 -4   4    3
Memories of my childhood
-3”   4     -3   3 -3”
But there’s one that I
-3 4    -4   5    4
Treasure more than all
4 -4   5   -5
It was the time
-3” -3” 4   -5   5 4
At the old camp meeting
5    5 -5 5 -4
That wonderful day
-3   4   -4 5   4
I heard Jesus call

Chorus:
4   4   -4 5   -5
Down the sawdust trail
-3” -3” 4   -5   -5 5
At the old camp meeting
5    5   5 5     4
Where the sinner’s cry
5    5    5 -4
Rang with travail
5   5   6    5   4
How the fire did fall
5     5     5      -4     4 -3”
When their prayer reached heaven
-3” -3” 4   -5   5 3
At the old camp meeting
5   -5   5 -4     4
Down the sawdust trail

Verse 2:
I saw my dear old
Brokenhearted mother
On her knees with her
Head bowed low in prayer
It was for me
That she was praying
Praying that I
Would find Jesus there

(Chorus)

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