The Big Beat

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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

         From The Movie Of The Same Name

1.
 3   4   4     5    6   7 -6   -6   6    5
The Big Beat keeps you rockin` in your seat
 3   4   4     5    6   7 -6   -6  6    -4
The Big Beat keeps you rockin` in your sleep
  6    6    6    4    6    -5   5 4
Clap your hands and stomp your feet,
  4     6   6  -5    4   4   6    -5  5 4
You`ve got to move when you hear that beat
 3   4   4     5    6   7 -6   -6  6    4
The Big Beat keeps you rockin` in your seat
2.
Old grand-pa just made eighty years old
Man he`s crazy about that rock and roll
The Big Beat gets in your soul
Makes you jump, it makes you roll
Old grand-pa just made eighty years old
3.
Peg Leg Joe just threw his crutches away
The Big Beat makes you act this way
Come on gang, let`s swing and away
The Big Beat makes you act this way
Peg Leg Joe threw his crutches away.

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