Mercedes Benz (Joplin version)(chrom)

by Big Brother And The Holding Company · 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

MERCEDES BENZ (Joplin version) chrom
By: Janis Joplin, Michael McClure, Bob Neuwirth
Key: D

-5 -6*-7   -7  -7  -5  -5-5 -5  -5  -5 -4-3
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a mer-ced-es benz? 
-5   -6*   -7   -8     -7 -6*6-5
My friends all drive porsch-es, 
-5 -6*  -7 -8  -7
I must make a-mends. 
  -8    -9  -8  -7 -6* -6*6-5
Worked hard all my life-time, 
6  -6*   6   -5  -4 -5
no help from my friends, 
-8 -9 -9-8-7  -7  -7  -6* -6*6-5
So oh Lord, won’t you buy   me 
-5 6  -6* -6*6-5 -5
a mer-ced-  es  benz ?

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