Summertime

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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

 8  7   8   -8   7  -8  8  7  -6 5
Summer time and the living is easy.
 8    8  8 -8 -8   
Fish are a-jumpin' 
7   -6   7 -6   7  -7
and the cotton is high.
 8    8  7    8   -8  
Your daddy's rich and 
  7   -8 8    7   -6  5
your mama's good-looking.
5    6     5  6  -6 7  8-8   77  7-6
So, hush, little baby, don't you cry.

8   7   8    -8   7
One of these mornings
-8   8  7 -6  5 8    8  8 -8 -8
You're going to rise up singing
7    -6   7   -6    7    -7 
Then you'll spread your wings
 8    8      7  8   -8 -8
And you'll take to the sky
 7   -8 8    7   -6  5 
But ti--ll that morning
5      5    6   5  6   -6    7
There's a'nothing can harm you
8   -8   7  7  7  -6 -8  -8   7
With daddy and mamma standing by

 8  7   8   -8   7  -8  8  7  -6 5 
Summer time and the living is easy. 
 8    8  8 -8 -8    
Fish are a-jumpin'  
7   -6   7 -6   7  -7 
and the cotton is high. 
 8    8  7    8   -8   
Your daddy's rich and  
  7   -8 8    7   -6  5 
your mama's good-looking. 
5    6     5  6  -6 7  8-8   77  7-6 
So, hush, little baby, don't you cry.

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