12th Street Rag (Harmonicats)

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+: 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)

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Tab

12th Street Rag / Harmonicats

Tabbed for C Chromatic (Key of C) so you can ...

Play Along With The Harmonicats!



Don't worry about playing the song up to speed, it sounds great at any tempo
and you can slow the speed of the video at the Youtube 'gear icon'

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12th Street Rag


[Intro]

7 -6* 7 -7 7   -8 -7* -8 8 -8   -9 -9 -8 -7 7* 7


4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3

4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3     7

4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3

4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3     3 3

4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3

4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3

2 2 -1   2 -1 1*  -4 -4 -3* -3

3 3 -3 -4  -4 5 -5  -5 6 -6  -6 7


[0:25]

4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3

4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3     7

4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3

4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3   4 -4 -3

3 -3 4 4 4   -5 5 -5 5 -3* -3* -3*

-4* -3* -4* -3* -3 -3  4 

-3 -4* -3* -3 3* 3*   3* 3* 3  

3 -3  4  6  5 -5    5  3  3 3  3  3  3  3


[0:42]

4 -4 -3  3   4 -4 -4 -3   -4 -4 -3  -3 3*  3* 3

3 -3 -3* -4  -4  -3 3 3  3 -3 -4 4 4  4 -4 -3 3 3

3 -3  -3 -4  -4 4   

4 -4 -3  3   4 4 -4 -3  -4 -5 -3 -5  -3 3

2 3  1 2 1 -1* 1 -1   -4 -4 -3* -3   3

(3  3  3 3  3  3   3 -2  -2 2   2 -1  -1 1)  Bass


[1:00]

4 4 -4 -3  3   4 4 -4 -3   -4 -4 -3  -3 3*  3* 3

3 -3 -3* -4  -4  -3 3 3  3 -3 -4 4 4  4 -4 -3 3 3

3 -3 -3 -4  4   4 -3*  -3* -3   -3 3*

3* 3*  3  3 -3 4 6 -5


[1:16]  {Ridiculously fast double-time Intro and 1st Section}


[1:48]  {Ending}

4 -3*  -3* -3  -3 3*   3* 3  3 -3 4 6 -5 5  3 3* 3  -4 4


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