Little Drummer Boy

by Davis, Onorati, and Simeone · posted by dpwally

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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

Little Drummer Boy 

4    -4   5   5  
Come, they told me

  5 -5   5  -5   5 
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum) 

4  4  -4   5    5  5  
A newborn King to see 

  5 -5   5  -5   5 
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum) 

-4   5 -5    6    6   6  
Our finest gifts we bring 

-6  6  -5   5  -4 
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum) 

-4  5  -5  6   6    6  
To lay before the King 

-6 -7  -6   6  -5 
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum,
 
-6   6  -5   5   
Rum-pum-pum-pum, 

 6  -5   5  -4 
rum-pum-pum-pum) 

5  -5  6 6   6 
So to honor Him 

 6  -6   6  -6   6 
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum) 

-4 4 -4  4 
When we come.

Verse 2.            
Little Baby
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
I am a poor boy, too
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
I have no gift to bring
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
That's fit to give our King
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum,
Rum-pum-pum-pum, rum-pum-pum-pum)
Shall I play for you
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
On my drum?
 
Verse 3.            
Mary nodded(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
The ox and lamb kept time
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
I played my drum for Him
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
I played my best for Him
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum,
Rum-pum-pum-pum, rum-pum-pum-pum)
Then He smiled at me
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
Me and my drum.

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