Let Me Die In My Footsteps

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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.

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An early Bob Dylan tune recorded in '62 and to be found on his Bootleg Series Vol. 1-3.

This is just the first verse, done by ear. I'm a newbie, so please let me know if you think anything's wrong!

4  4    4  4 3    4   4  4   4    4
I will not go    down under the ground

   5   5  5  5    5   -4  4     4     4  4      4
'Cause somebody tells me that death's comin''round

4   4  4    4  4  3   4  4   4   4   4
An' I will not carry myself down to die

 4  -4 5  5  5  5  -4 4   4    4   4   4
When I go to my grave my head will be high,

 4  -3  3  3  3   -3   4
Let me die in my footsteps

-5 5   5 5   -4  4  4   4    4
Before I go down under the ground.

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