Sourwood Mountain (chrom)

by Southern Appalachian 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

SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN chrom
Southern Appalachian folk song
Key: D

 -3   -3 -3  -3  -3
Chick-ens a-crow-in’
-3  -3   -4   -4   -3
On Sour-wood Moun-tain
-2* -3  -3  -2* 2  -1
Hey hey dee-dee um day
-3 -3 -3  -3  -3  -3
So man-y pret-ty girls
-3 -4    -4    -3
I can’t count ‘em
-2* -3  -3  -2* 2  -1
Hey hey dee-dee um day
-4 -4 -4   3  -4  -3   -3    -2*   -3
So man-y girls I just can’t count ‘em
3   3  3   2   3   -2*  -3   -3   -3
So man-y girls on Sour-wood Moun-tain
-4 -4 -4   3   -4  -3   -3   -2*  -3
So man-y girls on Sour-wood Moun-tain
-2* -3  -3  -2* 2  -1
Hey hey dee-dee um day

Repeat twice & end with
-2* -3  -3  -4  4* -5
Hey hey dee-dee um day

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