Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me (hi-lo)

by 19th C. American game 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

SHOO FLY, DON’T BOTHER ME hi-lo
19th C. American game song
Key: D
Time: 2/4

 5     4    -4    5   -5 -4
 8     7    -8    8   -9 -8
Shoo, fly, don’t both-er me

 -4   -3     4    -4  5  4
 -8   -7     7    -8  8  7
Shoo, fly, don’t both-er me

 5     4    -4    5   -5 -4
 8     7    -8    8   -9 -8
Shoo, fly, don’t both-er me

-4  6 6   6   -5  5   -4  4
-8  9 9   9   -9  8   -8  7
For I be-long to some-bod-y

3  5    5  5    5  5
6  8    8  8    8  8
I feel, I feel, I feel

3  5    5   5  -5  5    -4
6  8    8   8  -9  8    -8
I feel like a morn-in’ star

3  -4  -4  -4  -4  -4
6  -8  -8  -8  -8  -8
I feel, I feel, I feel

-4 6    6   6  -5  -4   4
-8 9    9   9  -9  -8   7
I feel like a morn-in’ star


6...
9...
Oh, 
 5     4    -4    5   -5 -4
 8     7    -8    8   -9 -8
Shoo, fly, don’t both-er me

 -4   -3     4    -4  5  4
 -8   -7     7    -8  8  7
Shoo, fly, don’t both-er me

 5     4    -4    5   -5 -4
 8     7    -8    8   -9 -8
Shoo, fly, don’t both-er me

-4  6 6   6   -5  5   -4  4
-8  9 9   9   -9  8   -8  7
For I be-long to some-bod-y

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