Southern Man

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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

 6  -6   -6
Southern man
 6 -5   6    -6  6 -5 5
better keep your head--
  6   -6 -6
Don't forget
 6    -5   6    -6  -6 6 -5 
what your good book says---
 6  -6     -6
Southern change
 6 -5  6   -6 6 -5 5
gonna come at last--
 6   -6   -6  6
Now your crosses
-5   6 -6   -6 6 -5
are burnin' fast---
 6  -6   -6
Southern man

-7 7  -6  6
I saw cotton
-5 -6  7    7
and I saw black
 -7    7    -6  6
Tall white mansions
-5  -6  7    -5
and little shacks.
 -7  7   -6
Southern man
 6    6   -5
when will you
-6   7    7
pay them back?
-7  7    -6   6
I heard screamin'
-3   -7   7    -6   6
and bullwhips cracking
-7   7    -6   6
How long? How long?

 6  -6   -6
Southern man
 6 -5   6    -6  6 -5 5
better keep your head--
  6   -6 -6
Don't forget
 6    -5   6    -6  -6 6 -5 
what your good book says---
 6  -6     -6
Southern change
 6 -5  6   -6 6 -5 5
gonna come at last--
 6   -6   -6  6
Now your crosses
-5   6 -6   -6 6 -5
are burnin' fast---
 6  -6   -6
Southern man

-7 7  -6
Lily Belle,
 6    6   -5 -6  7    7
your hair is golden brown
 -7   7    -6   6    -5
I've seen your black man
-6  7   -5
comin' round
 -7   7  -6
Swear by God
 6  6 -5  -6   7   7
I'm gonna cut him down!
-7  7    -6   6
I heard screamin'
-3   -7   7    -6   6
and bullwhips cracking
-7   7    -6   6
How long? How long?

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