Hallelujah I'm a bum

by Harry Mcclintock · posted by harlezy2

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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

3    4    4  4   4
Re-joyce and be glad
-4   5    5     5    5   5
for the spring time has come
4    5   6    6    6  -6   6
we can throw down our sho-vels
5   -4 -4  -4 -4
and go on the bum
 6  6  -6  6    5 -4  4&nbsp;&nbsp;
Hal-le-lu-jah, I'm a bum
 6  6  -6  6    5 -4  4
Hal-le-lu-jah, bum a-gain
 6  6  -6  6    5  -4  4    4
Hal-le-lu-jah, give a hand out
5   5  -5  5 -4  4
to re-vive us a-gain.
3     4     4    4   4
The spring time has come
-4   5   5    5  5   5
and I'm just out of jail
4     5  6  6 -6   6
with-out an-y mon-ey
5    -4  -4 -4 -4
with-out an-y bail
 6  6  -6  6    5 -4  4&nbsp;&nbsp;
Hal-le-lu-jah, I'm a bum
 6  6  -6  6    5 -4  4
Hal-le-lu-jah, bum a-gain
 6  6  -6  6    5  -4  4    4
Hal-le-lu-jah, give a hand out
5   5  -5  5 -4  4
to re-vive us a-gain.
3  4   4  4   4
I went to a house
-4  5    5    5   5   5
and I knocked on the door
4    5  6   6  6   -6   6
and the la-dy says bum-bum
5      -4   -4   -4  -4
you've been here be-fore
 6  6  -6  6    5 -4  4&nbsp;&nbsp;
Hal-le-lu-jah, I'm a bum
 6  6  -6  6    5 -4  4
Hal-le-lu-jah, bum a-gain
 6  6  -6  6    5  -4  4    4
Hal-le-lu-jah, give a hand out
5   5  -5  5 -4  4
to re-vive us a-gain.
3    4    4  4   4
I  went  to  a house
-4   5    5     5    5    5
and  I  asked  for some bread
4    5  6   6  6   -6   6
and the la-dy says bum-bum
5   -4 -4  -4  -4
the ba-ker is dead 
6  6  -6  6    5 -4  4&nbsp;&nbsp;
Hal-le-lu-jah, I'm a bum
 6  6  -6  6    5 -4  4
Hal-le-lu-jah, bum a-gain
 6  6  -6  6    5  -4  4    4
Hal-le-lu-jah, give a hand out
5   5  -5  5 -4  4
to re-vive us a-gain.
3    4    4   4   4
Now  I  like Jim Hill
-4   5   5    5    5   5
he's a good friend of mine
4    5   6  6  6 -6  6
that is why I am hi-king 
5    -4   -4    -4   -4
down Jim Hill's main line
6   6  -6  6    5 -4  4&nbsp;&nbsp;
Hal-le-lu-jah, I'm a bum
 6  6  -6  6    5 -4  4
Hal-le-lu-jah, bum a-gain
 6  6  -6  6    5  -4  4    4
Hal-le-lu-jah, give a hand out
5   5  -5  5 -4  4
to re-vive us a-gain.
3    4    4    4   4
Now why don't you work
-4   5  5    5   5
like o-ther men do
4    5  6  -6    6    6
how can I work when there
5   -4 -4  -4 -4
is no work to do.
6   6  -6  6    5 -4  4&nbsp;&nbsp;
Hal-le-lu-jah, I'm a bum
 6  6  -6  6    5 -4  4
Hal-le-lu-jah, bum a-gain
 6  6  -6  6    5  -4  4    4
Hal-le-lu-jah, give a hand out
5   5  -5  5 -4  4
to re-vive us a-gain.
3    4    4    4   4
Now why don't you save
-4   5   5   5  5   5
all the mon-ey you earn
4    5 6  6   6  -6   6
why if I did-n't eat I'd
5    -4  -4 -4 -4
have mon-ey to burn
6   6  -6  6    5 -4  4&nbsp;&nbsp;
Hal-le-lu-jah, I'm a bum
 6  6  -6  6    5 -4  4
Hal-le-lu-jah, bum a-gain
 6  6  -6  6    5  -4  4    4
Hal-le-lu-jah, give a hand out
5   5  -5  5 -4  4
to re-vive us a-gain.
3    4   4    4    4
Well I don't like work
-4   5    5     5   5
and work don't like me
4    5   6   6  -6   6
and that is the rea-son
5 -4 -4  -4 -4
I am so hun-gry.
6   6  -6  6    5 -4  4&nbsp;&nbsp;
Hal-le-lu-jah, I'm a bum
 6  6  -6  6    5 -4  4
Hal-le-lu-jah, bum a-gain
 6  6  -6  6    5  -4  4    4
Hal-le-lu-jah, give a hand out
5   5  -5  5 -4  4
to re-vive us a-gain.

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