Blue Tail Fly

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


  8  8  8   -8     7  -6  -9  -9 
When I was young and used to wait

-9  6  -7  -8   -9    8   7    7
on my ole Mas' and hold his plate,

 8    8   -8   7  -6  -9  -9
pass the jug when he was dry 

-9    6   -7 -8  -9  8     7   7
and brush a-way the Blue Tail Fly.

 6    7     7  -8  7  -7    -8
Jim crack corn and I don't care,

 6   -8    -8   8  -8  7    8
Jim crack corn and I don't care,

 7     8    8   8 -9  -10  -10
Jim crack corn and I don't care,

 9    9   -9  -7  7
Mas-sa's gone a-way.

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