The Kentuckian

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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 -8 8   -8  -7 -6  6   
I see my darling in each 

 5  6   5  6   5 -4
ray of summer sunrise.

-4 -8 8  -8  -7  6  -6   
I see my darling in the 

 -7     6    -6
leaves that fall.

-4 -8  8  -8 -7   -6  6  
I see her walking in the 

 5 6   5 6   5 -4
rainy April sadness,

-4   6   -6   -7   8 
And hear her name in 

-8-4  -7-4  -6    6
ev-ry bluebird's call.

-4 -4  -4   -6 -6  -6  -6 -6  -6
I told the 'possum in the gum tree,

-4  -7 -7  -7  -7   6
The racoon on the ground.

 6    5  6  7 -8  8  -8 -7
Told everyone but my darling

6  -6  -7 -6 -6 -7  -6
Of the happiness I found.

-4  -8     8   -8  -7    
My heart would cry more 

-6  6  5 6     5 6   5-4
than a weeping willow tree

-4 -4  6  -6  -7   8   -8   -7  -7-4 -6  6  
If my darling and her heart were not for me.

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