Cecilia (Does Your Mother Know You're Out)

by Whispering Jack Smith · 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

CECILIA (Does Your Mother Know You’re Out)
W: Herman Ruby
M: Dave Dreyer
Whispering Jack Smith
Key: C

 3    2    -3  2   3     2    -3  2   3  -3
Does your moth-er know you’re out.Ce-cil-ia
 -3  -2   -4   -2  -3 -2  -4  3   -4    4
Does she know that I’m a-bout to steal you
-4 -5   -3  5  3   -3  -3*  -4
Oh my, when I look in your eyes
 -4   -5    -3   -4  2  -2 -2*
Some-thing tells me you and I 
   3   -3  3   -2* -2
Should get to-geth-er
 3  2  -3  2  3   2   -3  2   3  -3
How a-bout a lit-tle kiss Ce-cil-ia
 -3 -2  -4    -2   -3  -2  -4   3  -4  5
Just a kiss you’ll nev-er miss. Ce-cil-ia
 6  5  -4 -3   -1* 2   3   -4   -3
Why do we two keep on wast-ing time
3   -1 -3  -1   3   3     -3   3   4
Oh, Ce-cil-ia, say that you’ll be mine

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