Peppermint Twist

by Joey Dee & The Starliters · posted by WaltP

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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

PEPPERMINT TWIST
By Joseph DiNicola & Henry Glover
Joey Dee And His Starliters
Key: C


6    6  6    5   -3   3  4    4     4
Got-ta new dance and it goes like this 
-5* -5* -5*  -5   -3  3   4   4    4    4
Name of the dance is the pep-per-mint twist 
3        4  -5   6   5
You’ll like it like this  
3   -3  4    4     4
the pep-per-mint twist 
3     -3    3 1  3   -3 3 1   
Round and round, up and down 
4     -5   4 -2  3   -3  3 1 
Round and round, up and down 
3      -5   6   -5     6  5   -5  5
It’s round and round, and up and down  
5     5     5    5     5    5     5     5
One, two, three kick, one, two, three jump 
6     6  6 -5  5  5   5   5     5
Meet me ba-by on For-ty Fifth Street
-5*    -5  4   4   -3    4    4    4
Where the Pep-per-mint Twist-ers meet 
3        4   -5  6  5          
You’ll learn to do this, 
3   -3   4    4    4
the pep-per-mint twist

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