Nuttin' For Christmas

by Barry Gordon · posted by swivelhipssmith

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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   7   7  7   6  -6   7    6
I broke my bat on John-ny's head

7    7   7   -8     -7 7
Some-bod-y snitched on me

6  7  7  7   6   -6   7   6
I hid a frog in sis-ters bed

7    7   7   -8     -7 7
Some-bod-y snitched on me

7    8    8    8   8  -9  -9   -9
I spilled some ink on Mom-my's rug

-8  -8   -8  -8 8   8 8
I   made Tom-my eat a bug

7      7    7   7    7 -8  -8  -8
Bought some gum with a pen-ny slug

-7   -7 -7   -6     -7 7
Some-bod-y snitched on me

9   9   8  -10  9   8   -10    9   8     ( 9 9  8  -10 9   8 )
Oh, I'm get-tin nut-tin for Christ-mas.  (Na na na nah na Naa)

-9  -8  9  -9  -8  9  -9
Mom-my and Dad-dy are mad

9   8  -10  9    8  -10   9    8
I'm get-tin nut-tin for Christ-mas 

7    -8  8     -9  8   8   -8  7
Cause I ain't been nut-tin but bad

(Play 3 times for full song then close with)

4   4  -4  -4  -4  -4   5    5  5  5   5
So you bet-ter be good, what-ev-er you do

5     -5  -5    -5    -5  6   6    6
Cause if you're bad, I'm warn-ing you

-9     -8  -10  9  -7  -8     7
You'll get nut-tin for Christ-mas

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