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Chattanooga Choo Choo

by Glenn Miller · posted by gene

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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
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Tab
There are two wrong notes in this tab.  They are both Ds where they should be Bs.  But there ain't enough holes down there at that end, and the song doesn't sound good an octave higher.  (The wrong notes are marked "-1(B)"

 2  -2  -2*  3
Par-don me, boy

3   -3  -4    4  -5  4  2   -3   3
Is that the Chat-at-noo-ga choo choo?

 -3     3  2   -1
Track twen-ty-nine

-3   -3  -3  -3  3  2   1
Boy, you can gim-me a shine

2 -2  -2*  3
I can af-ford

3   -3  -4   4  -5  4  2   -3   3
To board a Chat-at-noo-ga choo choo

 -3   3  2   -1
I've got my fare

-3   -3 -3  -3  3  2    1
And just a trif-le to spare



 4    4    4    4  -3  -2  1  -3*  3
You leave the Penn-syl-va-nia Sta-tion 

   2  1  -2   3  -3  4
'Bout a quar-ter to four

 4  -3 -2 1   -3*
Read a ma-ga-zine 

 3   2     1    -2  3  -3  4
And then you're in Bal-ti-more

-6  -6  6  -6  -5  4
Din-ner in the di-ner

4    4    -4   4  -3* -3
No-thing could be fin-er

 3*  3*  3*   3*
Than to have your 

 3* -2  -1  -1(B) 3* 3* 3* 3
Ham an' eggs  in  Ca-ro-li-na

When you hear the whistle blowin' 
Eight to the bar
Then you know that Tennessee 
Is not very far
Shovel all the coal in
Gotta keep it rollin’
 3*   3*    3* -2 -1  -1(B) 3* -2  3  -2
Woo, woo, Chat-at-noo- ga   there you are

There's gonna be
A certain party at the station
Satin and lace
I used to call "funny face"
She's gonna cry
Until I tell her that I'll never roam
So Chattanooga choo choo
Won't you choo-choo me home?
Chattanooga choo choo
Won't you choo-choo me home?
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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