Bye Bye Blackbird

by 1920s Standards · posted by marion

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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

(4, 4 Count Intro)
6  6  6  6  -6  6  6_
Pack up all your cares and woes
6  -5  -5_  -5  5  5_
Here I go singing low,
5__  -5__  5_  -4__
Bye bye blackbird.

-6  -6  -6  -6  7  -6  -6_
Where someone waits for me
-6  6  6_  6  -5  -5_
Sugars sweet and so is she,
-5__  6__  -5_  5__
Bye bye blackbird.

5  7  7  7  7  -6  6  -5  -5__  5*__
No one here can love and understand me,
-3  -6  -6  -6  -6  6  -5  5  5__  -4__
Oh what hard luck stories thay all hand me.

6  6  6  6  -6  6  6_
Make my bed and light the light
6  -5  -5_  -5  5*  5*_
I'll arrive late tonight,
-5_  -6__  -4_  5__
Blackbird bye bye
(Repeat 1st Three Verses)

-6  -6  -6   -6  -6*  -6  -6_
Make my bed and light the light
-6  -5*  -5*_  -5*  -5  -5_
I'll arrive late tonight,
-5*_  -6*__  5_  -6__  -5*_  -6*__  5_  5*__ (Slow)
Blackbird bye bye, blackbird bye bye

This plays with swing band style karaoke music, same Artist, run time 2:07.

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