Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop

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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

HEY! BA-BA-RE-BOP
By: Lionel Hampton & Curley Hammer
Key: G

 3   2  -1 3   2   3   2  -1 3   2
Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop 
 3   2  -1 3   2
Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop
 3   2  -1 3   2  -3   -2 -2*-1  2
Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop
-3*   3   3  2    3
Yes, your ba-by knows
-1  3  3    3    -1   3   3    3
Ma-til-da Brown told Old King Tut
-1 -1    3    3  3   3
If you can’t say re-bop
 -3   3   -3*   3    3     3   2
Keep your big mouth shut, sing-in’
 3   2  -1 3   2   3   2  -1 3   2
Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop 
-3   -2 -2*-1  2
Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop
-3*   3   3  2    3
Yes, your ba-by knows
3   2   3   2    3    3   2   3   2   3
Ma-ma’s on the chair, pa-pa’s on the cot
3   2   3   2   3
Ba-by’s in the crib   
 3   3    2   3    2   3    3   2
Blow-in’ his nat-‘ral top, sing-in’
 3   2  -1 3   2   3   2  -1 3   2
Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop 
-3   -2 -2*-1  2
Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop
-3*   3   3  2    3
Yes, your ba-by knows
3  3   2   3    -1    3   2   3   2   3
Up on the moun-tain, look-in’ at the sea
 3   2    3   2    3
Look-in’ for that cat 
 2     3   2 -3* 3   3    3   3   2
That stole my ba-by from me, sing-in’
 3   2  -1 3   2   3   2  -1 3   2
Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop 
 3   2  -1 3   2
Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop
-3*   3   3  3    3
Yes, your ba-by knows

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