Bo Diddley

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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

-7  -7 -7 -7  -8  -7-7 -7  6  6   -7
Bo Diddley`ll buy baby a diamond ring
-7  -7   -6  6    6   6     5 -4
If that diamond ring don`t shine
 6    6 6    6   6  6 6  -4  6   6
He`s gonna take it to a private eye
-7  -7   -6  6   6   6     5-4
If that private eye can`t see
 6   6 6   6    6    6   -4    6   6
He better not take that ring from me
-7  -7-7-7   -8  -7  -6 6  6-7
Bo Diddley caught a nanny goat
 6  -7  -7   -7-7  -6-6 6  6 6    5-4
To make his pretty baby a Sunday coat
-7  -7-7-7   -8  -7 -6 6  6-7
Bo Diddley caught a bear-cat
 6  -7  -7   -7-7  -6-6  6  6 6  5-4
To make his pretty baby a Sunsay hat
 -7   -7   -7  -7 -6   6    5    6    6   6-7
Won`t you come to my house and rack that bone
 -7 -7  -6 6  6   6   6    6    6
Take my baby all the way from home
 -7  -7  -7  -6  6  5    6     6  6-7
Look at that Bo Do Oh where`s he been
-7 -7  -7   -6    6    6   6 6
Up to your house and gone again
-7  -7-7-7  -8  -7-7-7    -6   6   6-7
Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley   Have you heard
 6  -7-7  -6-6   6   5   6  6   6
My pretty baby said she was a bird

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