Root, Hog, Or Die

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
Trad. folk song
Woody Guthrie, June Carter Cash
Key: D

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

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