Bluetail Fly (hi-lo)

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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

BLUETAIL FLY
Trad. Folk song
Burl Ives
Key: F

 5  -5  5   -4   4  -3” -3” -5
 8  -9  8   -8   7  -6  -6  -9...
When I was young I used to wait 

3   4   4   4   -3  -3   3   -4
6   7   7   7   -7  -7   7   -8...
on Mas-ter and hand him his plate, 

 5   -5   5  -4  -4   4   -3”-3” -5
 8   -9   8  -8  -8   7   -6 -6  -9...
And pass the bot-tle when he got dry  

-3”   3  -3 -4  -5   5    4    4
-6    6  -7 -8  -9   8    7    7
and brush a-way the Blue Tail Fly. 


 3  3    4    4    4 -3  -4    -4
 6  6    7    7    7 -7  -8    -8
Jim-my crack corn and I don't care, 

 3  3   -4    -4  -4  4   5    5
 6  6   -8    -8  -8  7   8    8
Jim-my crack corn and I don't care, 

 4  4    5    5    5 -5  -6    -6
 7  7    8    8    8 -9  -10  -10...
Jim-my crack corn and I don't care, 

-6  6    6    -5 -4  4
-10 9    9    -9 -8  7
My Mas-ter's gone a-way.

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