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Digging My Potato (My attemt to tab this

by Cowboy Bebop · 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
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
Tabs in parentheses such as (-4 -5) are played together.
Tabs in square brackets such as [-4 -4’ -4] means read the      instruction below it.
The tilda (~) means vibrato.
/ means start bent and unbend.
\ means start unbent then bend.
/ \ means bend, unbend, bend.
\ / means unbent, bent, unbent.
The -3's (half-step) don't need to be bent an entire half step.

-2 -2 -4 -4 [-4 -5] -4 (-4 -5) gliss to -2     
      /  /   shake

                                         ~
(-1 -2) (-1 -2) -4 6 -5 -4 -4’ -4 -4’ 4 -3’ -3” -2” -1
                /                       /
                    ~
  -1’   -1 [-2 -2” -2] -2”
growl         slur


(-3 -4) 4 -3 -4’ -3 -3’ -4’ -3’ [-2 -2”   -2]
                                 slur,   wah vibrato

(5 6) [-4 -4’ -4] -2 (1 2) -2
         slur

-2” -2” -2 -2” -2

-2 4 -2 4 -3 -2 -2
                 /

-1’ -1 -2    gliss 4 -3’
 
6 [-4’ -4 -4’] -3 -2    gliss 4 -3’
      slur

[-4’ -4 -4’ -4] -3 -2   gliss 4 -3’
     Slur

[-4’ -4 -4’ -4] -3 -2   gliss 4 -3’
     Slur



-4 [-4 -5] -4 6 -5 -4 4 -4  -3 -2 
 /  shake   /           / \ 

3 (-2 -3) 3 (-2 -3) 3 (-2 -3)-3 

           ~ 
4 4 -3 -2 -2  -2 -2” -1  
           /   /



 -1’ -1 -1 -2 -2” -1  -2” 
         /           growl

-3” -3” 4 4 -3 -2 -2     4 -3’


[-4’ -4 -4’] -3 -2   
     Slur

6 [-4’ -4 -4’] -3 -2    4 (-3 -4)
      slur

-2 (-4 -5)    -4 6  -5  -4  -3 -2  gliss 4 -3’
     /        /         / \

-4’ (-3 -4)    (-3 -4)       -4’ (-3 -4) -4’ -4 -5 6 -5
           (/ and wah 5 times)

6 -5 -4 -4 -3’ -2” -2 -1
      \  \
                              ~
-1’ -1 -2   -2 -2” -1 -2” -2 -3’ -3 -3’
       \ /   /


-4 -4 [-4’ -4 -5] [-4’ -4 -5] [-4’ -4 -5] -4 -4’ -3’ -2
 /  /    trips       trips        trips


 -2”   -2 -2       4 -3’
Growl


[-4’ -4 -5] [-4’ -4 -5]  [-4’ -4 -5] -4 -4’ -3’ -2
   trips       trips        trips


4 -3’
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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