29 Ways

by Willie Dixon · posted by chibluesteve

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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

6 -6   7  7   7    7    
I got twenty nine ways 
6   7   7  6  -5 5 5     4
to make it to my baby's door 
6 -6   7  7   7    7    
I got twenty nine ways 
6   7   7  6  -5 5 5     4
to make it to my baby's door
-6  6   7    7   7
If she needs me bad, 
-6 6   7   7  6   5  4    5    4
I can find about two or three more
 
6 -6   7     7     7    7   7
I can come through the basement, 
-6 6   7   7    7   7
I can tip down the hall 
 -6   6   7 7   7     7
When the going gets tough, 
6 -6  6  7   7   7   7
I got a hole in the wall 
6 -6   7  7   7    7    
I got twenty nine ways 
6   7   7  6  -5 5 5     4
to make it to my baby's door
-6  6   7    7   7
If she needs me bad, 
-6 6   7   7  6   5  4    5    4
I can find about two or three more 

6 -6   7     7     7    7   7
I can come through the chimney, 
-6 6  7 7  7  7
like Santa Claus 
-6 6  7     7     7   7  6
I can go through the window, 
-6 6  7    7     7
and- that ain't all 
6 -6   7   7   7    7
I got lots of good ways, 
6  -6    7    7  7   7
I don't want you to know 
6 7 7  -6  6  7
I even got a hole 
-6  6  -7   6    7
in the bedroom-floor 
6 -6   7  7   7    7    
I got twenty nine ways 
6   7   7  6  -5 5 5     4
to make it to my baby's door
-6  6   7    7   7
If she needs me bad, 
-6 6   7   7  6   5  4    5    4
I can find about two or three more

6 -6  7   7    7    7   7
I can go thru the front and
-6 6   7    7    7   7 
I can slip thru the back
-6 6  7   7     7     7
I got a whole loose board
  6  -6  6  7   7    7    7
where I can go thru the crack
6 -6   7  7   7    7    
I got twenty nine ways 
6   7   7  6  -5 5 5     4
to make it to my baby's door
-6  6   7    7   7
If she needs me bad, 
-6 6   7   7  6   5  4    5    4
I can find about two or three more

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