Roots Rock Reggae

by Bob Marley & The Wailers · posted by dino

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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

 +8 -8  +7  +8 -8 +7-6  -6 -6 -6  -6 +7 +5 
Play I some mu-sic,     dis a reggae music  
 +8 -8  +7  +8 -8 +7-6  -6 -6 -6  -6 +7 +5 
Play I some mu-sic,     dis a reggae music 
 +8    -8  +7 -9        -6 -6 -6  -6 +7 +5
Roots Rock Reggae,      dis a reggae music
 +8    -8  +7 -9        -6 -6 -6  -6 +7 +5
Roots Rock Reggae,      dis a reggae music 

+8  -8 +7  -8 -9   +8   +8     +7  -6 -5
Hey mister music, sure sounds good to me
+8 -8   +7  -8 -9   +8  +8 +8 -8  +7 -5
I can't refuse it, what to be got to be
-6    +7  -8  +8   +8    +8   +7 -6   -5
Feel like dancin, dance cause we are free
-6    +7  -8  +8    +8   +7   -6  -5
Feel like dancin, come dance with me

 +8    -8  +7 -9        -6 -6 -6  -6 +7 +5
Roots Rock Reggae,      dis a reggae music 
 +8    -8  +7 -9   +7+8-8     -6 -6 -6  -6 +7 +5
Roots Rock Reggae, Ye--ah     dis a reggae music
 +8 -8  +7  +8 -8 +7-6  -6 -6 -6  -6 +7 +5 
Play I some mu-sic,     dis a reggae music 
 +8 -8  +7  +8 -8 +7-6  -6 -6 -6  -6 +7 +5 
Play I some mu-sic,     dis a reggae music 

 +8 +8 -8  +7  +8 +7 -8   +8 -8 +7    
Play I on the  R---&--B,  Wh----oa
 -6  -6  -6 +7 +7  +7 +5   +6 +6 -7 +6
want all my people to see (Do do do do)
-6 +8 +8 +8 -8  +7 +8  -8  +7 -8
We bubblin  on the top one hundred
 -6   -6 -6 +7 +7   +5     +6 +6 -7 +6
just like a mighty dread  (Do do do do)
 +8 +8 -8  +7  +8 +7 -8       
Play I on the  R---&--B,  
 -6  -6  -6 +7 +7  +7 +5   +6 +6 -7 +6
want all my people to see (Do do do do)
-6 +8 +8 +8 -8  +7 +8  -8  +7 -8
We bubblin  on the top one hundred
 -6   -6 -6 +7 +7   +5     +6 +6 -7 +6
just like a mighty dread  (Do do do do)

 +8    -8  +7 -9        -6 -6 -6  -6 +7 +5 (Ye--ah) 
Roots Rock Reggae,      dis a reggae music  +7+8-8
 +8    -8  +7 -9        -6 -6 -6  -6 +7 +5
Roots Rock Reggae,      dis a reggae music
 +8 -8  +7  +8 -8 +7-6  -6 -6 -6  -6 +7 +5 
Play I some mu-sic,     dis a reggae music 
 +8 -8  +7  +8 -8 +7    -6 -6 -6  -6 +7 +5 
Play I some mu-sic,     dis a reggae music 
 +8 -8  +7  +8 -8 +7-6  -6 -6 -6  -6 +7 +5 
Play I some mu-sic,     dis a reggae music

 +8 +8 -8  +7  +8 +7 -8      
Play I on the  R---&--B,  
 -6  -6  -6 +7 +7  +7 +5   +6 +6 -7 +6
want all my people to see (Do do do do)
-6 +8 +8 +8 -8  +7 +8  -8  +7 -8
We bubblin  on the top one hundred
 -6   -6 -6 +7 +7   +5     +6 +6 -7 +6
just like a mighty dread  (Do do do do)
 +8 -8  +7  +8 -8 +7-6  -6 -6 -6  -6 +7 +5 
Play I some mu-sic,     dis a reggae music
 +8 -8  +7  +8 -8 +7-6  -6 -6 -6  -6 +7 +5 
Play I some mu-sic,     dis a reggae music
-6 -6 -6  -6 +7 +5
dis a reggae music

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