Mama, Have You Heard The News

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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

MAMA, HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS
American folk song
Key: A

8* 8   8* 8   8* -8 
Ma-ma, Ma-ma, Ma-ma
 -7  -6*  -7    6   5*
Have you heard the news
 5* 5*  6    -7  -6*  6  7*7* 7* -8
Dad-dy got killed on the C B and Q’s
 8*   8    8* -7-6* -7   6     5*
Shut your eyes and hold your breath
-4    5    5*  5* -5  6   6
For we’ll all draw a pen-sion
-7  -7  5*-3 -4  -3
On your pa-pa’s death
-3  -3  -5  -3   -5
On your pa-pa’s death
-6* -6* -7 -6*   -7
On your pa-pa’s death
6   5*  -3   5*  6 -7   -7
We will all draw a pen-sion
5*  -3  5*  -4   -3
On your pa-pa’s death

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