I Won't Go Hunting With You Jake

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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

The top line of numbers is for tremolo players, the bottom line is for diatonic, numbers in parenthesis are slurred together.


7    7    -7   7    7   7   -7  7   7
6    6    -6   6    6   6   -6  6   6
Oh, It’s springtime in the Rockies and 
7    5   5   -5  6  (6-5)   7   -8 -8
6    4   4   -4  5  (5-4)   6   -7 -7
I’m full of mountain dew,  can’t e-ven
 -8  -8 -8 -8 -8   -7   7   7  -7  7 (76)
 -7  -7 -7 -7 -7   -6   6   6  -6  6 (65)
Read my cat-a-log just like I used to do:
7   -7  7   7   7  -7  7   7      7
6   -6  6   6   6  -6  6   6      6
I’m sitting in the little shack that’s 
5    5  -5  6  (6-5)   7  -8    -8
4    4  -4  5  (5-4)   6  -7    -7
Just behind my house, and here comes
 -8   -8  -8  -8   -8     -7   7 7   -7
 -7   -7  -7  -7   -7     -6   6 6   -6
Jake with all his hounds, he’s gonna hear
-8  8      7  7  -7   7   7  7  -7    7
-7  7      6  6  -6   6   6  6  -6    6
Me shout, “Oh I won’t go huntin with you 
 7    7    5   5  -5  6  6 -5   7  -8
 6    6    4   4  -4  5  5 -4   6  -7
Jake, but I’ll go chasin women, so put 
-8    -8     -8  -8  -8   -8  -7   7
-7    -7     -7  -7  -7   -7  -6   6
Your hounds back in their pen and stop
 7   -7 7   7   6    7  -7   7    7
 6   -6 6   6   5    6  -6   6    6
Your silly grinnin, the moon is bright
7   -7   7    7    7    5   5   -5
6   -6   6    6    6    4   4   -4
And I’m half tight and life is just
6  6 -5   7 -8    -8 -8 -8   -8  -8
5  5 -4   6 -7    -7 -7 -7   -7  -7
Beginnin, I won’t go huntin with you
-8    -7   7   6  7  6   -5 5
-7    -6   6   5  6  5   -4 4
Jake, but I’ll go chasin women.

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