John Deere Green

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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

John Deere Green (LF and G Harmonica) - Joe Diffie
This song starts in Low F (LF) and has a quick key change to G. Be ready to switch harps in a beat. Have a blast filling in the solos.

***********************Key of LF**********************

Intro:
3 4 -5 5 7
3 4 -5 5 4

-4   4    5    5    -4  5    -4 -44
They were farm kids way down in Dixie
-4  4  5    5      4  3   4  3
Met in high school in the sixties
44   5   5    -4 4   5    -4   4   -4
Everyone knew it was love from the start
-4  4 5  5  4   5  -4    -4 4
One July in the midnight hour
4  4       45   5   4 3   4 3
He climbed upon the water tower
-4    4  4   5    4   -4  -4  4 6  6    5 4
Stood on the rail and painted a 10 foot heart
-4 5    -4    4
In John Deere Green
5  6 6   -5 5   -5
On a hot summer night
4  5     5 -4  4   5     4   4
He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene
4  5 6     6 -5   -5
In letters 3 foot high
5   6   -6    -6   -6
And the whole town said
6    65 6      5    6    -4
That he should have used red
-4  4  5      5    -4 4   -5
But it looked good to Charlene
-4 5    5-4   4
In John Deere Green
-4   4 4     5    5  5-4 -44
They settled down on 80  acres
-4 4    5     5     4     4   3 4 3
Raising sweet corn, kids, and tomatoes
-4   4    4 5 5    -4   4 5    -4  4 -4
They went together like a hand and a glove
-4 4 5     5   -4   4     -4    4
On a clear day from their front yard
4  4   5    5   4    4    3  4    3
If you look and know what to look for
-4  4  4   5    -4  4   -4    -4   4   6     6  54
Off to the east you can still read his words of love
-4 5    -4    4
In John Deere Green
5  6 6   -5 5   -5
On a hot summer night
4  5     5 -4  4   5     4   4
He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene
-4 5 6     6 -5   -5
In letters 3 foot high
5   6   -6    -6   -6
And the whole town said
6   65  6      5    6    -4
The boy should have used red
-4  4  5      5    -4 4   -5
But it looked good to Charlene
-4 5    5-4   4
In John Deere Green
-5  6    -5   6    -5  5    5   -4 5 -4
Now more than once the town has discovered
5   6    6-5   5  -5    5  4
Painting over, it ain't no use
-5    6     -5 6     -5 5   5     5   -4  5 -4  4
There ain't no paint in the world that'll cover it
4   -5    -5    -5 5    -4
The heart keeps showing through

******(Quick Key change to G here on out)*********

-4 5    5-4   4
In John Deere Green
5  6 6   -5 5   -5
On a hot summer night
4  5     5 -4  4   5     4   4
He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene
4  5 6     6 -5   -5
In letters 3 foot high
5   6   -6    -6   -6
And the whole town said
6   65   6      5    6    -4
The fool should have used red
-4  4  5      5    -4 4   -5
But it looked good to Charlene
-4 5    5-4   4
In John Deere Green

Ahh, paint it green, boy (solo)

-4 5    5-4   4
In John Deere Green
5  6 6   -5 5   -5
On a hot summer night
4  5     5  -4 4   5     4   4
He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene
4  5  6    6 -5   -5
In letters 3 foot high
5   6   -6    -6   -6
And the whole town said
6   65  6      5    6    -4
The boy should have used red
-4  4  5      5    -4 4   -5
But it looked good to Charlene
-4 5    5-4   4
In John Deere Green

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