Joe Bowers (chrom)

by American miners' 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)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

JOE BOWERS
American miners’ song, circa 1860
Key: G

-5  7   -8 -7  7   6  -5
My name it is Joe Bow-ers
 6    7  6  -5   -4 -5
I’ve got a broth-er Ike
-8 -7   7   -7  -8  -9  -9
I came from old Mis-sou-ri
 -8   8  -8   7   -8   -7
Just all the way from Pike
 -8   -7   7  -7 -8  -9   -9
I’ll tell you how I came here
-8   8 -8  7   -8  -7
And how I came to roam
-5    7   -8  -7   7  6  -5
And leave my poor old ma-ma
6   7  6 -5   -4   -5
So far a-way from home

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