Sixteen Going On Seventeen (chromatic)

by from: "The Sound Of Music" · 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

SIXTEEN GOING ON SEVENTEEN
By Rogers & Hammerstein
From “The Sound Of Music”
Key: F

-7   7* -7   -7*  5  5  -5 -5* -5* 6
You are six-teen go-ing on sev-en-teen
-6 -6  7    7*  -7  6-5*
Ba-by it’s time to think
-5   7  -5   7   -5  5  -6  5   -6   5
Bet-ter be-ware, be can-ny and care-ful
8 -7*   -7   6   6    6
Ba-by you’re on the brink

-7   7* -7   -7*  5  5  -5 -5* -5* 6
You are six-teen go-ing on sev-en-teen
-6   -6   7    7*  -7  6
Fel-lows will fall in line
-5  7    -5    7  -5   5  -6  5   -6  
Eag-er young lads and rou-es and cads
5    8  -7* -7    6   6   -6
Will of-fer you food and wine

-6  6  -6 -7* -5  6     6   6
To-tal-ly un-pre-pared are you
-6  -6*-6  -6*  -6 -5
To face a world of men
-6  6  -6  -7* -5     6    6   6
Tim-id and shy and scared are you
-6   -7   -7  8     8   6
Of things be-yond your ken

8    -8   8   -9   6  6  -6  -6* 7
You need some-one old-er and wis-er
-7   -7  -7*  -8  8  8*
Tell-ing you what to do
-7 7* -7 -7  -7* 5   5  -5  -5*  6
I am sev-en-teen go-ing on eigh-teen
-6 -9 -6   6 8* 6 -6   
I'll take care of you

REPEAT

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