If I Only Had A Brain

by The Scarecrow (Ray Bolger) · posted by aussie

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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

1.
5  -5     6    5 4  -4  5 4    -4 5  4   b-3
I could while away the hours, conferrin` with
 -3  4 b-3    b-3 3 3     3   3    3
the flow`rs, consultin` with the rain
 4   4  b-3  -6  6   -5  5     -4    4   -3
And my head I`d be scratchin` while my thoughts
 -3  -7-6  6 -5    5 -4  4 4  4  4   4
were busy hatchin` If I Only Had A Brain
2.
I`d unravel every riddle, for any individle in
trouble or in pain
With the thoughts I`d be thinkin` I could be
another Lincoln If I Only Had A Brain
 4 -6 b-6   -6  -7   6  -6   -5-5    -5   6
Oh I could tell you why the ocean`s near the 
  5
shore
-5  5    -4  b-4   -4   4 -4 4    -4     5  4
I could think of things I never thought before,
-4    5    6 -6  -5    5    -4    6
and then I`d sit and think some more
3.
I would not be just a nuffin` my head still full
of stuffin, my heart all full of pain
And perhaps I`d deserve you, and be even worthy
erve you If I Only Had A Brain

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