Motherless Child

by Unknown · posted by chibluesteve

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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

tabed for C Chrom harp
in the key of C

  5   6   5  6    5  -5  6  -5  5   -3  
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
  5  -5  -5  -5   5  -5  6  -5  5   -3  
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
  5   6   5  6    5  -5  6  -5  5   -3
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
-3  5   -3 2  2   -4 -3 5     
A- long way- from home---
-3  5   -4 2  <3   -3
A- long ways from home

  5   6   5  6    5   -5  6 -5 5    -3
Sometimes I feel like I’m al--most gone
  5  -5  -5  -5   5   -5  6 -5 5    -3  
Sometimes I feel like I’m al--most gone
  5   6   5  6    5   -5  6 -5 5    -3  
Sometimes I feel like I’m al--most gone
-3  5   -3 2  2   -4 -3 5     
A- long way- from home---
-3  5   -4 2  <3   -3
A- long ways from home

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