Pistol Packing Mama

by Unknown · posted by dino

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Diatonic
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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

 8  -8    7   -6 6  7 7 7  
Drinking beer in a cabaret 

-6   7  7 -7 -6   6
and was I having fun

6 -7  -8   -8    6   -7   -8  -8    
Until one night she caught me right 

 6   6   6  -6 -7   7
and now I'm on the run.

8    8  -8   7 -6    7     7     
Oh! Lay that pistol down, Babe.  

 7   7   -7 -6   6
Lay that pistol down!

-7 -8   -8 -8  -7 6   
Pistol packing mama, 
 6  6   -6 -7   7
lay that pistol down.

She kicked out my windshield, she hit me over the head.
She cussed and cried and said I'd lied and 
wished that I was dead.
Lay that pistol down, Babe...etc. 

Drinking beer in a cabaret and dancing with a blonde.
Until one night she shot out the lights--bang, 
that blonde was gone.
Lay that pistol down, Babe...etc. 

I'll see you ev'ry night, Bab, I'll wow you every day.
I'll be your reg'lar daddy if you'll put that gun away.
Lay that pistol down....

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound