On A Slow Boat To China

by Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Dean Martin · 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

ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
By Frank Loesser
Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Dean Martin
Key: Bb

-1   -2  -3  3  -1  3 -1  -1*  3  -3* -3  2
I'd love to get you on a slow boat to Chi-na
-2 -3* -5  -3  4   3
All to my-self a-lone
-1*  3  -3*  -3   2  -3 2   -2  -5 -5  -5
Get you and keep you in my arms ev-er-more
4      4    4  -3  -3    3  -2
Leave all your lov-ers weep-ing 
3  -2   3 -2  3*   3
on the far a-way shore


-1  -2 -3   3  -1  3  -1  -1*  3  -3*  -3  2
Out on the brin-y with a moon big and shin-y
-2   -3*  -5    -3  4    3
Melt-ing your heart of stone
4    -5  5  -5   4  -3-3* -5   -5* -5 -5* -5
I'd love to get you on a slow boat to Chi-na
4  -2* 3   -5 -5  -3*
All to my-self a-lone

REPEAT

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