The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro)

by Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass · posted by aussie

How hard is it?

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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

This is in 4/4 time I have put a / to represent
each bar to help with the timing, You can see
Herb play this on Youtube.

/-8 8 -9 8 -8/ -7 -6* -6* 7 -7/ 7 -5 -5 7 -5/

/-6 ~~~~~~~ / -8 8 -9 8 -8/ -7 -6 -6 7 -7/

7 7 7-6* 6-6*/ 7~~~~~~~~~/ 6 7 6 -6* 7 -7 -6*/

7 -8 8 -9 8 -8/ (REPEAT THEN PLAY)

7 ~~~~~~/7~~~~~/10 9 -8 -7/ 7 -5~~~~/   -5 -6  7/

-5~~~~~/ 10 9 -8 -7/ 7-5~~~~~/ 6 6 6 6 -6* 7/

-7~~~~~~~/~~ -7~~~~~/~~ -7 -8 8 -9 8 -8/

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