The Varsity Drag

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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

THE VARSITY DRAG
By: B. G. DeSilva, lew Brown, Ray Henderson
From: “Good News”
Anita O’Day
Key: C

 1   1   1   2     3   3  3   4
Here is the drag, see how it goes, 
 1   1   1   -2    3* 3*  3*  4
Down on the heels, up on the toes, 
 -5     5  -5  5  -5  5   5  -5 -3  3
That's the way to do the Var-si-ty Drag, 
 1   1   1    2    3  3   3    4
Hot-ter than hot, new-er than new, 
 1   1   1    -2    3* 3*  3*   4
Mean-er than mean, blu-er than blue, 
 -5  5   -5  5   -5
Gets as much ap-plause 
-5 -3   3  -3   4
as wav-ing the flag! 
 2   3*  -4  4  4 -3  -4
You can pass ma-ny a class, 
  4   4    -3    -4  -4  -4
Wheth-er you're dumb or wise, 
1   2   3  3*  3*  -2   3
If you all an-swer the call 
 -3   -3  -2   3   3    3
When your pro-fess-or cries: 
 3   -2  2 -1  1   1   1    2
"Ev-‘ry-bod-y down on the heels, 
3  3   3   4
up on the toes, 
 1   1   1    -2      3*   3* 3*  4
Stay af-ter school, learn how it goes, 
-5  5  -5  5 -5  5  -3  3  -3  4
Ev-‘ry-bod-y do the var-si-ty drag!"

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