Shake Your Moneymaker

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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

SHAKE YOUR MONEYMAKER
By Elmore James
Key:E play on a D harp

     E7
-8   -9  8 -9  -8   7   -9   -9 -8  7   -8    
Well, I got a gal, she lives up on the hill.
     A7                                 E7
-8   -9 -9 -9  -8   7   -9   -9 -8  7   -8
Well, I got a gal, she lives up on the hill.
       B7              
-8     8    8   8 -8   
Some-times she won’t, 
A7                      E7
-9    -9  -9  -9   -9  -8
some-times I think she will.
                E7 
-7      -8 -7   -8   -8   -8  7  -8 -6
You’ve got to shake your mon-ey-mak-er,
A7                        
-8     -8   -8  7  -8 -6    
Shake your mon-ey-mak-er, 
E7                              
-8    -8   -8  7  -9 8-8
Shake your mon-ey-mak-er,
E7
-8     -8  -8  7   -8 -6        
Shake your mon-ey-mak-er, 
B7                 A7       E7 
8      8    8  -8  -9 8-8
Shake your mon-ey-mak-er

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