A Little Bitty Tear

by Burl Ives · posted by Scott_Christensen

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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

  4   -4  5    5   -4   5   -4  4  -4   -4
When you said you were lea-ving to-mor-row

 -4  5   -5  -5  -5  -4   5 
That to-day was our last day

-5  6     6    6  5   -5  -5
I said there'd be no sor-row

  4   4    5    3   -4   -4 -4 -3 4
That I'd laugh when you walked a-way.

 6
But

Chorus:

-5  5 -4   5  -4  5    4  3   -4
A lit-tle bit-ty tear let me down

  -5    -5  -5 5  -4  5
Spoiled my act as a clown

5  5  -5  6   6   6  -5  5   5   -5 
I had it made up not to make a frown

-5   4  -4 5   -4  5  -5  -4   -3 -4   4
Oh, but a lit-tle bit-ty tear let me down.

I said I'd laugh when you left me
Pull a fun-ny as you went out he door
That I'd have a-no-ther one wait-ing
To wave good-bye as you go
But

(Chorus)

Every thing went as I planned it
And I really put on quite a show
And I thought I was gonna stand it
But when you got to the door
Then

(Chorus)

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