Otto Wood (hi-lo)

by N. Carolina folk 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

OTTO WOOD hi-lo
Folk song from N. Carolina
Key: G

 1   2   3   3   3-3” 3   3  2  2  -1 1
 4   5   6   6   6-6  6   6  5  5  -4 4
Step up bud-dies and lis-ten to my song

1	-2’ -2”-2”-2”  -2”
 4    -5  -5 -5 -5   -5
I’ll sing it to you right

 3   3  -3”  -2” -2”  3
 6   6  -6   -5  -5   6
But you may sing it wrong

 3   4   4  4   4  4   4    -3” 4  3   2
 6   7   7  7   7  7   7    -6  7  6   5
The song a-bout a man they call Ot-to Wood

1   2    2    2  -1   1  1  2  2-1  1
4   5    5    5  -4   4  4  5  5-4  4
I can’t tell you all but I wish I could


2  3  -3”  3   3   2  -11
5  6  -6   6   6   5  -44
Ot-to why did-n’t you run

-2” -2”  -3” -3”3 -2”3 3
-5  -5   -6  -6 6 -56  6
Ot-to’s done dead and gone

4  4   5   5  -4  4   4-3
7  7   8   8  -8   7  7-7
Ot-to why did-n’t you run

 3    3   2    2    2    -1
 6    6   5    5    5    -4
When the sher-iff pulled out

 1    2  2   -1   1
 4    5  5   -4   4
That for-ty-four gun

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