Lonesome Polecat

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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

Music: David DePaul Lyrics: Johnny Mercer


 6  -66-6  6  -6    6   7
I'm   a   lonesome polecat.

 -6  7   -87-87-87 -66  -6 6 5
Lonesome    sad    and   blue.

  -4   5  -5    5  -5  6 -6 6   6   7
'Cause I ain't got no feminine polecat,

 6  5  -4  4   5
Vowing to be true.

7-6  7  7  7 -6 -87 -66 -66 -66 -66   6  5
Ooo uh oo oo uh  oo  uh  oo  uh  oo  uh oo.

 6    -6   7   6   6  5  -4  4   54
Can't make no vows to a herd of cows.

7-6  7 7-6  -8  7 -66 -66 -66 -66  5
Ooo uh  oo  oo uh  oo  uh  oo  uh oo.

I'm a mean old hound dog,
Baying at the moon.
'Cause I ain't got no ladyfriend hound dog,
Here to hear my tune.
Ooo uh oo oo uh oo uh oo uh oo. 
A man can't sleep, when he sleeps with sheep.

I'm a little ole hoot owl,
Hooting in the trees.
Cause I ain't got no lady friend owl fowl,
Here to shoot the breeze.
Ooo uh oo oo uh oo uh oo uh oo.
Can't shoot the breeze with a bunch of trees.

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