Spoonful

by Willie Dixon / Cream · 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

 4  5  4  5  4  5  4
 4  5  4  5  4  5  4

7   -9  -9 -9   8     7   7   7  7
It could be a spoon full of diamonds
 -9  -9 -9   8    7   7    7  
could be a spoon full of gold.
 -9 -9 -9 -9    8   7  -6    7  -6   -5
Just a little spoon of your precious love
 7 7 -6   -5 -5 
Satisfies my soul.

Chorus:
  7  -7-6 -5 -5 -5
 Men lies about it.
  7    7  7  -7 -6  -5 -5 -5
 Some of them cries about it.
  7    7  7  -7 -6 -5 -5 -5  
 Some of them dies about it.
 -9 8 7 -6     7  -6 -6 -5  -5   4
 Everything fights about a spoonful.
  4     5      4    5     4     5   4
 That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful.
  4     5      4    5     4     5   4
 That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful.

7   -9  -9 -9   8     7   7   7  7
It Could be a spoon full of coffee
 -9  -9 -9   8    7   7   7 
Could be a spoon full of tea.
 -9 -9 -9 -9    8   7  -6    7  -6   -5
Just a little spoon of your precious love
-5   7   7 -6  -5 -5 
Is good enough for me.

 Chorus

7   -9  -9 -9   8    7   7  7  7
It could be a spoon full of water,
 -9    -9  -9   8  7    7   
Saved from the desert sands.
-9 -9   -9 -9   8   7  -6    7 -6   -5
But      one  spoon of them forty-fives
 -5   7     7  7 -6 -5 -5
Saved you from another man.

 Chorus

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