Take This Hammer (hi-lo)

by Work song from the American South · 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

TAKE THIS HAMMER hi-lo
Work song from the American South
Key: G

 3    4    4   4
 6    7    7   7
Take this ham-mer (huh)

-4   4   -4  4  -3   3
-8   7   -8  7  -7   6
Car-ryit to the cap-tain (huh)

 3   -3-4 -4  -4
 6   -7-8 -8  -8
Take this ham-mer (huh)

 6   -5  6  -5   5   4
 9   -9  9  -9   8   7
Car-ryit to the cap-tain (huh)

 4    5    6   6
 7    8    9   9
Take this ham-mer (huh)

 6   6   6  6    6   -5
 9   9   9  9    9   -9
Car-ryit to the cap-tain (huh)

 6    6  -5  5 -4
 9    9  -9  8 -8
Tell him I’m gone (huh)

 5    5   4   4
 8    8   7   7
Tell him I’m gone (huh)

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