Sweet Sixteen

by B B King · posted by Scott_Christensen

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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


 -3  -4  5    5   -3 -4 5  
When I first met you baby, 

-6-6 -6   -6    6 -4  -5    -4 -4
baby you were just   sweet sixteen

-6   -6  -6   6   -4 -5 6  
When I first met you baby, 

-6-6 -6  -6    6  -4 -5    -4 -4
baby you were just  sweet sixteen.

 -4  -5  -5    -4   5    -4  -4   5  
You just left your home then, woman, 

-8  -4  -6   -6   -6    -6 -5  -5  -4
oh, the sweetest thing I'd ev -er seen

 

But you wouldn't do nothing, 
you wouldn't do anything I asked you to.

YOu wouldn't do anything for me baby, 
you wouldn't do anything I asked you to 

You know you ran away from your home, baby,
you want to run away from me.

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