I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (2-harp)

by Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington · 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

I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN’T GOOD 2-harp
W: Paul Francis Webster
M: Duke Ellington
Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington
Key: F
Harps: C, F

Harp: C


-3  4    -8   7    5   -5   6  -5
Nev-er treats me sweet and gen-tle
-6  -5  6    -6
The way he should
-6 -5 6  -6   7   -5   -6    -5
I got it bad And that ain't good

-3  4    -8   7   5  -5  6  -5
My poor heart is sen-ti-men-tal
-6   -5  6   -6
Not made of wood
-6 -5 6  -6    7   -5   -6    -5
I got it bad  And that ain't good

Harp: F

 4   -4   5   6    -5   5 -4
But when the week-end's o-ver
 4  -4   5    6  -5  -4
And Mon-day rolls a-roun’
4 -3  4   5   6  -7   -6
I end up like I start out
 5    6  -5  -3”  5   -4
Just cry-in’ my heart out

Harp: C

-3   4    -8  7   5  -5  6   -5
He don't love me like I love him
-6 -5  6  -6
No-bod-y could  
-6 -5 6  -6    7   -5   -6    -5
I got it bad  And that ain't good

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