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In Hell I'll Be in Good Company

by The Dead South · posted by chajim

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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

For the precise instructions, please do watch Slava Chernov's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ki7BqDCMq8

 

[INTRO]

-8 -9 9 -10-10 -10-10 -10-10 -10 9 -9 -8~

-8 -9 9 -10-10 -10-10 -10-10 -10 9 -9 9~

[VERSE 1]

Dead love's an oven, we're cookin' up something We're cookin' up something that ain't what it seems I've got a sister, she's a black widow She's a black widow, but she's in my dreams

[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

-8 -9 9 -10-10 -10-10 -10-10 -10 9 -9 -8~

[CHORUS 1]

4 -4-4-4 4 -4-4-4 4 -4-4-4 -5 5

We know, we know, we know... 

5 6 7 6 7-6'6-5'6 -6'6-5'-4

...it was a shotgun wedding 

4 -4-4-4 4 -4-4-4 4 -4-4-4 -5 5

We know, we know, we know... 

-6 -6 -6 7-6' 6-6' -6 -6 -6 7-6' 6-6' 6 6 6 -6 6-5' 5-4~

...what a great tale to tell 

[VERSE 2]

My sister's a black widow, she's cookin' up something She's cookin' up something, but it ain't for me And dead love's an oven from which she is comin' From which she is comin' to take me away

[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

-6 -6 -6 7-6' 6-6' -6 -6 -6 7-6' 6-6' 6 6 6 -6 6-5' 5-4~

[CHORUS 2]

-456 -456 -456 -456 -456 -456

We know, we know, we know... 

-4-5 6 -6-6-6 -6-6-6 -6 6-5'-4~

...it was a shotgun wedding 

-4-5 6 -6-6-6 -6-6-6 -6 6-5'6~

We know, we know, we know... 

-4-5 6 -6-6-6 -6-6-6 -6 6-5'7~ -4-5 6 -6-6-6 -6-6-6 -6 6-5'-4~

...what a great tale to tell 

[INSTRUMENTAL / SOLO]

4 -4-4-4 4 -4-4-4 4 -4-4-4 -5 5 5 6 7 6 7-6'6-5'6 -6'6-5'-4

4 -4-4-4 4 -4-4-4 4 -4-4-4 -5 5 -6 -6 -6 7-6' 6-6' -6 -6 -6 7-6' 6-6' 6 6 6 -6 6-5' 5-4~

-6 -6 -6 7-6' 6-6' -6 -6 -6 7-6' 6-6' 6 6 6 -6 6-5' 5-4~

[VERSE 3]

My friends are all-a-brimstone, they're comin' up something They're comin' up something I do not approve They've all got a shotgun, a rifle, a red rum A red rum, a red rum that's comin' for you

[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

4 -4-4-4 4 -4-4-4 4 -4-4-4 -5 5 6 6 6 -6 6-5' 5-4~

4 -4-4-4 4 -4-4-4 4 -4-4-4 -5 5 6 6 6 -6 6-5' 5-4~

[OUTRO]

(Chords) -456 -456 -456 -456 -456 -456

(Main Theme) -8 -9 9 -10-10 -10-10 -10-10 -10 9 -9 -8~

-8 -9 9 -10-10 -10-10 -10-10 -10 9 -9 9~

-8 -9 9 -10-10 -10-10 -10-10 -10 9 -9 10~

-8 -9 9 -10-10 -10-10 -10-10 -10 9 -9 -8~

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

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