Minnie the Moocher

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Listen to the song— a recording linked by the tab’s author

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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

 


Intro:                        Put a bend in
-4 -5 -6  6 -5 6 -6           the middle of
-4 -5 -6  6 -5 -4            these two notes.
       ^--------------------------------|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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-4 -5 -6  6 -5 6 -6                     |
-5 6  -6 -6  6 6  -5 -5  5 5   -5 5 -4  |
       ^--------------------------------|

-5   -5     -5     5   -5 -5
Hey folks, here’s the sto-ry

  5    -5 -5   5    -4  -3
‘Bout Min-nie the mooch-er

 -5 -5  5  -5  -5   -5  5    -4  -3
She was a low-down hoo-chie coo-cher

 6  -6  -5    6   -5     6   -5   -8
She was the rough-est, tough-est frail

-4   -5 -4  -5  -4  -5
But Min-nie had  a heart 

5  -5  5 -4   4
As big as a whale



5  -5 6  -6 5  -5 -4
Hi de hi de hi de hi 

5  -5 6  -6 5  -5 -4
Ho de ho de ho de ho 

5  -5 6  -6 5  -5 -4
He de he de he de he 

5  -5 6  -6 5  -5 -4
Hi de hi de hi de ho 



 -6   -6  -5  -6
She messed a-round 

 -5  5  -5   -5 5  -5  -8
With a bloke named Smo-kie

6   -6    5    -5    -5  5  -4  4
She loved him though he was co-key

-6  -6  -5   6   -5  6  -5  6
He took her down to Chi-na-town

 -5 -4  -5    -4  -5  -4  -5
And he showed her how to kick 

 5  -5 5  -4   4
The gong   a-round



5  -5 6  -6 5  -5 -4
Hi de hi de hi de hi 

-1 slide to -5
     Whoa 

5  -5 6  -6 5  -5 -4
He de he de he de he 

5  -5 6  -6 5  -5 -4
Hi de hi de hi de ho 



-6  -6 -5  -6
She had a dream 

-5  -5   5   -5  5  -5  -5
 A-bout the king of Swe-den

-5  -5   5    -5
He gave her things 

 5   -5   5   -4  -4
That she was need-in’

6   -6  -6  6  -6
He gave her a home

  6   -5  6   -5  -5 -8
Built of gold and steel

-5  -5  5   -5   -5   
 A dia-mond car with 

 5  -5 5  -4    4
The plat’-num wheels


5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5
Hi de hi de hi de hi de hi de hi de hi 

6  6  5  5  6  6  5  5  6  6  5  5  6
Ho de ho de ho de ho de ho de ho de ho 

(Say, “doodle-a” to play “Skoodly.”)
-4-4-4  -4  -4-4-4   -4
Skoodly woo skoodl-y woo 

-4-4-4    -4-4-4  -4-4-4  -4
Skood-ly  wood-ly wood-ly woo

 5  -5   6   5   5  -5-5-5  6
Bit dit dit Dit but  didly dit

5 5 5  -5  -5  5 5 5   6
Budly dit skit dudly  zoy 
(or sumthin’ like that J )


-5  -5   5  -4   5    -5
He gave her his town-house
 
 5  -4   5   5   -4  4
And his rac-ing hors-es

 -5   5   -4   5
Each meal she ate 

 5  -4  5 -4  5    4   4
Was  a   do- zen cours-es

-5 -5 -5   -5   -5 -4
Had a mil-lion dol-lars 

 -4   -4  -4  -4   4   -5
Worth of nick-els and dimes

-4   5 -4   5   -4     5  5  -4    5
She sat a-round and count-ed them all

5 -5  5  -4  4
A mil-li-on times



5  -5 6  -6 5  -5 -4
Hi de hi de hi de hi 

5  -5 6  -6 5  -5 -4
Ho de ho de ho de ho 

5  -5 6  -6 5  -5 -4
He de he de he de he 

5  -5 6  -6 5  -5 -4
Hi de hi de hi de ho 


 -5  -4    4   -3’   -2  -1
Poor Min, poor Min, poor Min

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