Some Other Blues

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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

SOME OTHER BLUES
By: John Coltrane
Key: F
Medium-up swing

      F7            Bb9sus 
|……4|-6-67-5*-6-675|-5*-5*-65-5*-65.|
 F7         B7
|……-3-2-1*.|…~~|
 Bb7               Eb7
|4*-5-3*-33*-3-5-6|-6*7-5*-55*-3*65.|
 Ab7          Db7
|……-3*-2*-1*.|…~~|
 C13      Bb13/C         F7
|4 467567|-6 -5 -3* 3-2.|…-2 -2|~~4| 

      F7            Bb9sus 
|……4|-6-67-5*-6-675|-5*-5*-65-5*-65.|
 F7         B7
|……-3-2-1*.|…~~|
 Bb7               Eb7
|4*-5-3*-33*-3-5-6|-6*7-5*-55*-3*65.|
 Ab7          Db7
|……-3*-2*-1*.|…~~|
 C13      Bb13/C         F7
|4 467567|-6 -5 -3* 3-2.|…-1*~-2~|

chord changes for solos:

|F7|Bb7|F7.|…|
|Bb7.|…|F7.|…|
|C7.|…|F7|C7|

no spacing between notes means 1/8 notes
one space between notes means 1/4 notes
.|… means note carries into next measure
~ means a unit of rest

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