Leatherwing Bat (hi-lo)

by Folk song from Vermont · 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

LEATHERWING BAT hi-lo
Folk song from Vermont
Key: Em
Time: 2/4

4   -3” -3” -3” -3”   2   3   3    3
7   -6  -6  -6  -6    5   6   6    6
Hi said the lit-tle leath-er-wing bat

 4    4   -3”3 3   4  -4   5
 7    7   -66  6   7  -8   8
I’ll tell you the rea-son that

 5   5   6    5 -4  5  5   5   -3”
 8   8   9    8 -8  8  8   8   -6
The rea-son that I fly in the night

-3”-3” -3” -3” 4   -3    3    -3” -3”
-6 -6  -6  -6  8   -8    7    -6  -6
Is be-cause I lost my heart’s de-light

 4  -3”  -3” -3”   2   2  3  3
 7  -6   -6  -6    5   5  6  6
How-dee, dow-dee, did-dle-o-day

 4   4   -3”  3    4   4 -4  5
 7   7   -6   6    7   7 -8  8
How-dee, dow-dee, did-dle-o-day

 6   6    5  -4    5   5  5 -3”
 9   9    8  -8    8   8  8 -6
How-dee, dow-dee, did-dle-o-day

-3”-3” 5  -4    4  -3” -3” -3”
-6 -6  8  -8    7  -6  -6  -6
Ho-lo-lee-dee, did-dle-dee-doe

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