Howlin' For My Baby

by Howlin' Wolf · 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

 2    -3   -3  -3 -3 -3 <-2 2
She's hot like red-- pepper--, 
2  -3  -3  -3 -3 -3 <-2  2 
  sweet   like   cherry wine 
2 -3  -3  -3  -3  -3 <-2 2
  I'm so glad she love-- me, 
2 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3  <-2  2
 love   me    all the time 
-3 -5   -5 -5 -5  -5 4 -3   
  She's my little baby---,
-3 -5  -5 -5 -5 -5   4  -3 
  sweet   as    she can be 
2 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3  <-2  2
  All  this  love she got, 
 2   -3 -3  -3 -3  -3  <-2  2
That all    be----longs to me 
-4 6   6   6   6  6 -5 -4
   If you hear me howlin', 
 -5 -5  -5 -5 -5 4 -3
calling on my darlin' 
2 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 <-2 2
  Hoo----------------- 
2 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 <-2 2
  Hoo--------------- ee
 
2 -3 -3  -3  -3  -3 <-2 2
  Every time she kisses--, 
 2   -3  -3 -3 -3 -3   <-2  2
she makes   the  lights go out 
  2  -3 -3 -3 -3  -3 <-2 2
From early in the morning-, 
 2   -3  -3 -3 -3 -3  <-2   2
she makes   me   jump and shout
 -3  -5 -5 -5  -5  -5   4  -3 
This bad   love   that she got, 
-3 -5  -5 -5 -5  -5    4  -3
  makes   me    laugh and cry 
-4  6  6 6 6 6 -5   -4  
  Makes  me really know, 
 2   -3 -3 -3 -3  -3  <-2  2
that I'm   too   young to die 
-4 6   6   6   6  6 -5 -4
   If you hear me howlin', 
 -5 -5  -5 -5 -5 4 -3
calling on my darlin' 
2 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 <-2 2
  Hoo----------------- 
2 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 <-2 2
  Hoo--------------- ee

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