Little Birdie (hi-lo)

by Southern mountain banjo tune · 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

LITTLE BIRDIE hi-lo
Southern mountain banjo tune
Key: G

 3  -3”  4   5    5  -4  -34-3 3
 6  -6   7   8    8  -8  -77-7 6
Lit-tle bird-ie, lit-tle bird- ie

 3    -4    4   5  5-4  4
 6    -8    7   8  8-8  7
What makes you fly so high

 3   -3   4    5 -4  -3  -4  -3   3
 6   -6   7    8 -8  -7  -8  -7   6
It’s be-cause I’m a true lit-tle bird

 3  3 3  -4  5 -4 4   4
 6  6 6  -8  8 -8 7   7
And I do not wish to die

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