Old Black Joe (chrom)

by Stephen C. Foster 1860 · 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

OLD BLACK JOE chrom
By: Stephen C. Foster 1860
Key: D

 -1  -2*  3   -3
Gone are the days 
 -3  -3  -4   -5    4*  -4  -3
when my heart was young and gay, 
 -1  -2* 3    -3
Gone are my friends 
 -3  -3  -4  -3    3   -2* 2
from the cot-ton fields a-way. 
 -1   -2*  3   -3
Gone from the earth 
-3 -3 -4 -5   4* -4  -3
to a bet-ter land I know, 
-5 5*   -5    6   5*  -5  -4  -3  -4
I hear their gen-tle voic-es call-ing 
-2*   2   -1
Old Black Joe 
-3  -2* -3   -3  -2* -3
I'm com-ing, I'm com-ing 
-3  -3  -4  -5  4*  -4  -3
for my head is bend-ing low: 
-5 5*   -5    6   5*  -5  -4  -3  -4
I hear those gen-tle voic-es call-ing, 
-2*   2   -1
Old Black Joe.

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