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Smokestack Lightnin'

by Howlin' Wolf · posted by AttilaTheHun

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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

Smokestack Lightnin’ 

(The main riff, not the harmonica section)

By Howlin Wolf

 

| 3   6   -5~   4   -4   -5   -4   4   -3   3   |  

The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ri7TcukAJ8

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

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