Bo Weevil (12th pos)

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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)

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Tab

BO WEEVIL 12th pos
By: Antoine Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew
Theresa Brewer
Key: Bb
Harp: F

4  -5  -5 -5   -5
7  -9  -9 -9   -9
On Sat-ur-day night 

  4  -5 -5   4
  7  -9 -9   7
Where I was born 

-5   6   6  5 4
-9   9   9  8 7
Down on the farm 

 5   5   -4   4
 8   8   -8   7
Gui-tar plink-in’ 

 4  5    5   5  -4    4
 7  8    8   8  -8    7
And we start-ed sing-ing 

  4   4   -4   4   -2”
  7   7   -8   7   -5
‘Til the break of dawn 

4  -4    -5  -5    4
7  -8    -9  -9    7
A-bout twelve o-'clock

4   4   -5    -5   4
7   7   -9    -9   7
Ev-‘ry-thing gets hot 

-5   6    6   5 4
-9   9    9   8 7
Up steps old Jones 

5    5   5   -4  -4
8    8   8   -8  -8
We start-ed clap-pin’ 

 4  5    5   5   -4  -4
 7  8    8   8   -8  -8
And he start-ed sing-in’ 

4   4    4   4    -4   4   4
7   7    7   7    -8   7   7
A sweet lit-tle, coun-try song 


-5 -5   5   -5 -5   4
-9 -9   8   -9 -9   7
Bo Wee-vil, Bo Wee-vil 

  -5     -5   6    6 5-44
  -9     -9   9    9 8-87
Where've you been all day 

 4    5   5    5    -4  4
 7    8   8    8    -8  7
Your mom-ma’s been look-in’ 

 5   5     5     -4  4
 8   8     8     -8  7
Has-n’t stopped look-in’

  4    4   -4  4  4
  7    7   -8  7  7
Since you went a-way 


-5 -5   5  -5  -5   4
-9 -9   8  -9  -9   7
Bo Wee-vil Bo, Wee-vil 

 -5   -5  -5  6   6  5-44
 -9   -9  -9  9   9  8-87
Where did you go and stay 

  5     5  5  -4  -4
  8     8  8  -8  -8
You’ll get a lick-in’ 

4   5   5   5  -4   4
7   8   8   8  -8   7
As sure as I'm sit-tin’ 

4   4    -4  4  -5
7   7    -8  7  -9
On this bale of hay

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