300 Pounds of Joy

by Howlin' Wolf / Willie Dixon · posted by chibluesteve

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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  -5  -5    6     7    6   7   7   -8
Well all you birds think the day has gone
 7   <-7   7   7  -8 7    7   7   7    7    7
You don't have to worry, you can have your fun
 8   8   8  8   8   -9   8 <-7  7 
Take me, baby, for your little boy
 -8    -8 -8    -8   7  7 -7  7   7
Three hundred pounds of heavenly joy
 -5  -5 -5
This is it
 -5  -5 4
This is it
<-3   -3   3   3
Look what you get
 
 -4  -5   -5  -5   6   7  6   7  7   7   -8
You been creeping and hiding behind his back
   7   <-7  7  7 -8   7    7   7     7   
'Cause you got a man that you don't like
  8    8    8   8  8  -9  8  <-7   7
Throw that cat, baby, out of your mind
<-7 <-7 -8  -8 -8  -8  7 7 -7  7    7
Follow- me, baby, have a real good time
 -5  -5 -5
This is it
 -5  -5 4
This is it
<-3   -3   3   3
Look what you get

-5   6 7 6  7   7   -8
Hoy! Hoy!- I'm your boy
  7     7 -8    7    7  7  7  7   7 
Three hundred pounds of heavenly joy
 8  8   8    8    8  -9 8 <-7 7
I'm so glad that you understand
<-7  -8    -8 -8   -8    7   7 -7   7   7
I'm three hundred pounds of muscle and man
 -5  -5 -5
This is it
 -5  -5 4
This is it
<-3   -3   3   3
Look what you get

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