Walters Boogie

by Big Walter Horton · posted by Vintage_Harpr

How hard is it?

Listen to the song— a recording linked by the tab’s author

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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

Need harp in A

Intro
(-3,-4)| (-4,-5)| (-3,-4)| (-4,-5)| (5,6)| -7|
| 9 -9 -8 -7 6 -5 -4 -3 -2 |
--1
Verse
-3 -4 -5 5 -4 | -3 -4 -5 5 -4 |

-3 -4 -5 -3 -4 -5 | -3 -4 -5 -4 -5 5 4 5 -4 |

2 -2 -3' -3' -3'' -3'' -2 | 2 -2 -3' -3' -3'' -3'' -2 |

-3 -4 -5 -4 -5 5 4 5 -4 | -3 -4 -5 -4 -5 5 4 5 -4 -4 5 |

-1 -1 -2' -2' -3'' -3'' | 1 1 2 2 -2 -3' -2 |

-1 -2 -2 -2 | -2 -2 -1 -1 |

The rest is improv over a 12 bar blues in E. When solos are finished, repeat the verse again but change the last two bars to

6 6 -5 -5  5 -4 | 4 -1 2 --2 |

Hold out the last note.

Have fun with this song. It was my first tab on this site and the first song I learned by ear on the harp.

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