Root, Hog, Or Die (chrom)

by Woody Guthrie, June Carter Cash · 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

ROOT, HOG, OR DIE chrom
Trad. folk song
Woody Guthrie, June Carter Cash
Key: D

-5   -5    -5  -6* -6* -7 -6*
I’m right from old Vir-gin-ny
-7  -7 -7  -6*  -8  7   6
Wid my poc-ket full ob news
 6  6 -6*  7   -7  -8    7
I’m worth twen-ty shill-ings
 -8    -8 7  10 9*  -7
Right square in my shoes
-7  -7  -7   -7 -8  8* -9 10   9*  9*
It does-n’t make a dif of bit-ter-ance
9* -9  -9  -7  -6* -9
To nei-der you nor I 
-6* 7 -6* -6* 6  -7  -7
A big pig or lit-tle pig
-8 7   7  6  -5
Root, hog or die
-5   -5    -6* -6* -7  -7  -6* -6*
I’m chief cook and bot-tle wash-er
-7 -6* -8 7   6    6
Ca-p’n ob de wait-ers
-3 -3   -3 -4 -4  -5
I stand up on my head
-6*  7  -7  -7  7   6  -5   -5
When I peel the ap-ple dum-plins

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