Hair (2-harp)

by From: The American Tribal Love Rock Musical “Hair” · 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)

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Tab

HAIR 2-harp 
W: James Rado, Gerome Ragni
M: Galt MacDermot
From: The American Tribal 
      Love Rock Musical “Hair”
Key: Eb
Harps: Bb, Eb

Harp: Bb

-2”  3   -3”-3” -3”  3  -2” 3  -2”-2”
-5   6   -6 -6  -6   6  -5  6  -5 -5
She asks me why I'm just a hair-y guy

-3”  3  -2”  -3”  4    4
-6   6  -5   -6   7    7
I'm hair-y, noon and night, 

 -3”    3   -2” -2”
 -6     6   -5  -5
hair, that's a fright

 4   -3 -3”  -3  -3” -3”
 7   -7 -6   -7  -6  -6
I'm hair-y, high and low, 

  4   -3  -3” 4     5    5
  7   -7  -6  7     8    8
don't ask me why, don't know

 4   -3  -3”  -3  -3” -3”
 7   -7  -6   -7  -6  -6
It's not for lack of bread 

 -4   4    4   -3”  3   -2”... 3...
 -8   7    7   -6   6    -5... 6...
like the Grate-ful Dead, dar- lin'


 -3” -3”-3”-3” -3”3 -2”
 -6  -6 -6 -6  -6 6 -5
Give me a head of hair, 

 -3”  -3” 3  -2” 3 4
 -6   -6  6  -5  6 7
long beau-ti-ful hair

 -3” -3”   -3”  -3”    -3”  -3”
 -6  -6    -6   -6     -6   -6
Shin-ing, gleam-ing, stream-ing, 

 -3” -3”  3  -2”
 -6  -6   6  -5
flax-en, wax-en

 4   4   4   4   -3    -3”
 7   7   7   7   -7    -6
Give me down to there hair, 

  4    4    -3   -3” 4   5
  7    7    -7   -6  7   8
Shoul-der length or long-er

 4    -3 -3”   4    -3  -3”
 7    -7 -6    7    -7  -6
Here, ba-by, there, mom-ma, 

4   4    4    -4  4   -4  5
7   7    7    -8  7   -8  8
Ev-‘ry-where, dad-dy, dad-dy

 -5    -5    -5    -5
 -9    -9    -9    -9
Hair, hair, hair, hair,

 -5    -5    -5    -5 
 -9    -9    -9    -9
Hair, hair, hair, hair

 -4  4    -4  4
 -8  7    -8  7
Flow it, show it

Harp: Eb

 7   -6 -5  -4   4   -3 -45-4 5
Long as God can grow it, my  hair

Harp: Bb

 2  3  -3” -3”-3”  3  2
 5  6  -6  -6 -6   6  5
Let it fly in the breeze 

 2   3   -3”   -3”-3”   4
 5   6   -6    -6 -6    7
and get caught in the trees

 2   3  -3” -3”-3”  3 2  2  3   2
 5   6  -6  -6 -6   6 5  5  6   5
Give a home to the fleas in my hair

-3”4    4  -3 -3”  -3”-3  4   -3-3” 5
-6 7    7  -7 -6   -6 -7  7   -7-6  8
A home for fleas, yeah a hive for bees

 -3”-3  4    4    4      4    -4   4    4
 -6 -7  7    7    7      7    -8   7    7
Yeah a nest for birds, there ain't no words

 4   4   4   4    4    4    4
 7   7   7   7    7    7    7
For the beau-ty, the splen-dor, 

 4  -4   4  -4 5  -5
 7  -8   7  -8 8  -9
the won-der of my hair

 -5    -5    -5    -5    -5    -5    -5    -5
 -9    -9    -9    -9    -9    -9    -9    -9
Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair

 -4  4    -4  4
 -8  7    -8  7
Flow it, show it

Harp: Eb

 7   -6 -5  -4   4   -3 -45-4 5
Long as God can grow it, my hair

Harp: Bb

 -4  4    -4  4
 -8  7    -8  7
Flow it, show it

Harp: Eb

 7   -6 -5  -4   4   -3 -45-4 5
Long as God can grow it, my hair

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