Mack The Knife (Harmonicats)

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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)

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Tab

Mack The Knife (Instrumental) / Harmonicats

Tabbed for C Chromatic (Keys of Bb/B/C/Db) so you can ...

Play Along With The Harmonicats!



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Mack The Knife


Key of Bb [0:00]

-5 -6  7   -5 -6  7   5 -5* 7   -7* -7  7

-6 -7 -8* -7*   -7  7 -7* 5   -5 -5* -7* 5   -7* -7  7

-5 -5 -6 7 7 7   -7* -7 -6 7 7

 7 7 5 5 -5* 7 7   -7* -8* -7 -7* 7  7

 7 7 -6 -7 -8* -7*   -7* (-7 -6* 7) -7* 5

 5 5 -5 -5 -5* -7* 5   -7* -7  7  7


Key of B [0:40]

-5* -6* 7* 7*   -8 -7* -6* 7*   6 -5* 5*

 5* 5* 6 7*  7*  7*  7*  -8 -7* 7*  7* 7* 7*  7*  7*

-6* -7* 8* -8   -8 -7* 7 7* -8 5*

 5* 5* -5* -5* 6 -8 -7*   -8 -8  -8 -7* -7* 7*  7*


Key of C [1:00]

 6 7 -7 -7   6 7 -8 7 -7   -6 7 6 -6 -5

-5 -5 -6 -7  -7 -7 -7 -7  8  -8 -7  -7 -7  -7

(-8 -7 7) -8 -9  9  (-8 8 -8 -7 x 8)  8  -5

 -5 -5 6 6 -6 8 -5    8 8  8 -8 -8 -7  -7


Key of Db [1:20]

(7* 7* 7* 7* 7*) -7* -7*   8* -8* 7* -7*  -7* -7* -7*

-5* -5* -6* -7*  -7* -7* -7*  8* -7* 8* 8* -8* -7*  -7* -7* -7*

 7* 7* -8* -9* 9*  8* 8*   8* -8* -7 -7* 8* 8*  -5* -5*

-5* -5* 6* 6* -6* 8* -5*   8* 8*  8* -8* -8* -7*  -7* -7* -7* -7*

 6* 6* 7* -7* -7* -7*  -7* -7* -7*

 6* 6* 7* -7* -7* -7*  -7* -7* -7*

-5* -5* -6* -7*  -7* -7* -7*   8* -7* 8* 8* -8* -7*  -7* -7* -7*

 7* -8* -9* 9*  -9* 9*  -8* -7 -7* 8* 8*  -5* -5*

-5* -5* 6* 6* -6* 8*  8* -8*   5*

-11* 11* 9*  -11* 11* 9*  7* 8*   7


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