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Struttin' With Some Barbeque

by Louis Armstrong · 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
STRUTTIN’ WITH SOME BARBECUE
M: Louis Armstrong
W: Don Raye
Key: C

1     -1    2    3   -4  3  -4
Strut-tin’ with some bar-be-que,
3      3    3  -3    2
Swing-in’ with the band;
1    -1   2  3  -4  -4  -4
Like the hap-py peo-ple do
-3   -3  3   3  -3  -1
Way down in dix-ie land 
2     -2   3   -3   -3
Hear that ol’ trom-bone
3    2    3   2  -1  1
And the trum-pet ad-lib.
-4   -4  -4  -3   -4
Love to hear the lick,
-4   -3 -4 -5  -4  -3
While I do my pick-in’
-3*  3   -3 3 -3*  3  3
Pick-in’ on a juic-y rib.

3       3    1   -1   2     3   -4 3  -4
‘Cause I'm Strut-tin with some bar-be-que,
3     3    3  -3   2
feel-in’ might-y grand;
1    -1  2  3  -3* -3*   -3*
pass an-oth-er help-in’ please,
4  -3*   -3  -3   2  2   -1
of that good ol’ dix-ie land.

1   -1   1   -1  -1 -1  1   -1*
And mis-ter wait-er if you please
3   3  -2  2  3  -4
An-oth-er rib or two;
-3   3*  -3   4      4      4   -3
And I’ll go strut, strut, strut-tin,
-5*    5    -5   -5* -5   5  5
Strut-tin' with some bar-be-que

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

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