Swanee

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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

SWANEE
W: Irving Cesar
M: George Gershwin
Al Jolson
Key: F

 -3  -3   -3  3  3   -2  -3  3  3   -2
Swan-ee - how I love ya, how I love ya 
3   -2  -1   1   -2
My dear old Swan-ee. 
 3   -3  -3*   4   4* -5
I'd give the world to be 
-3* 4   4*  -5   6 -6 6-5 5
a-mong the folks in D-I-X-I-
-5 5  -4 -3* -3   -3   -3   3   3  -2
E-ven now my mam-my's wait-ing for me,
 -3   3   3  -2  3   -2 -1   1   -2
Pray-ing for me down by the Swan-ee. 
 3   -3   -3*  4    5*   6  -5 5*  -5
The folks up north will see me no more 
 -5* 6 -5 4  -3*  -3  3   -2
when I go to the Swan-ee shore

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