Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet

by Afro Am Spiritual · posted by TIN_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

Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet
Afro Am Spiritual


  6   6   6   6  -5  5    4
Well ‘ve nev-er been to heav’n

 4   4    5    6
But ive been told

 4    4   4   4  5   5    6   6   6  -5 -4
Hand me down my sil-ver trum-pet Gab-ri-el

 -4   -5   -5  -5  -5  -4   -4
The gates are made of pearl &

 -4    -5    -5  -5  -5  -4
The streets are made of Gold

 6   6    6   6  6   -5   5   -4  4
Hand me down my sil-ver trum-pet Lord


CHORUS

6  -6   6   5  6  -6   6   5
O hand me down O hand me down

6   4   4   4   4  5   5    6   6   6  -5 -4
O hand me down my sil-ver trum-pet Gab-ri-el

 -5  -5   4    -5  -5   4
Send it down, hand it down

-5 -5 -5  -4  -4   -5 -5  -4
An-y ol’ way just get it down

 6   6    6   6  6   -5   5   -4  4
Hand me down my sil-ver trum-pet Lord

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