Ok so you just got a G harmonica and you want to know what harmonica notes it has. Harmonica Notes feels your pain. You want to learn to play harmonica but how, oh god, how do you do it? I have an answer for you. I surfed around the internet, looked through books and bugged the guys at the harmonica store and got you guys a few things.
First comes the harmonica notes
| OVERBLOW | Bb | Bb | Db | F | ||||||
| BLOWBEND1 | F | |||||||||
| BLOWBEND2 | Bb | Db | Gb | |||||||
| BLOW | G | B | D | G | B | D | G | B | D | G |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| DRAW | A | D | Gb | A | C | E | Gb | A | C | E |
| DRAWBEND1 | Ab | Db | F | Ab | Eb | |||||
| DRAWBEND2 | C | E | ||||||||
| DRAWBEND3 | Eb | |||||||||
| OVERDRAW | Ab | Eb | Ab |
Having the harmonica notes doesn’t do much for you unless you can read music so I will also have a harmonica tab for you to.
Harmonica Tabs
Ok so Maybe I will dig up a few G harmonica tabs. Here we go.
FIrst a few Bob Dylan songs
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4
Well, I ride on a mailtrain, babe,
5 5 -4 4
Can’t buy a thrill.
5 5 4 5 5 4 4
Well, I’ve been up all night, babe,
5 5 5 5 5 -4 4
Leanin’ on the window sill.
6 6 6 6
Well, if I die
-5 -5 -5 -5 6
On top of the hill
-5 5 5 5 5 4
And if I don’t make it,
5 5 5 5 -4 4
You know my baby will.
6 6 6 6 6 4 4
Don’t the moon look good, mama,
5 5 5 -4 4
Shinin’ through the trees?
5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4
Don’t the brakeman look good, mama,
5 5 5 5 5 -4 4
Flagging down the “Double E”?
6 6 6 6 6
Don’t the sun look good
-5 -5 -5 -5 -5 6
Goin’ down over the sea?
-5 5 5 5 4
Don’t my gal look fine
5 5 5 -4 5 -4 4
When she’s comin’ after me?
6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4
Now the wintertime is coming,
5 5 5 5 5 -4 4
The windows are filled with frost.
5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4
I went to tell everybody,
5 5 5 5 5 -4 4
But I could not get across.
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby,
-5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 6
I don’t wanna be your boss.
-5 5 5 5 5 5 4
Don’t say I never warned you
5 5 5 -4 4
When your train gets lost.
Song: Idiot Wind
-5 -5 -5 -5 6 -5 -5
Someone’s got it in for me,
6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6
they’re planting stories in the press
-5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 6 -5 -5
Whoever- it is I- wish they’d cut it out
-5 6 6 6 -5 5 -5 5 6 4
but when they will I can only guess.
-6 -6 -6 -7 -6 6 6 -7
They say I shot a man named Gray
5 -5 6 -6 -5 6 5 4
and took his wife to Italy,
-6 -6 -7 -6 6 6 -7 6 -7
She inherited- a million bucks
5 -5 6 -6 -5 6 4 4
and when she died it came to me.
5 5 6 5 5 4 4 -4
I can’t help it if I’m lucky.
-5 -5 -5 -5 6 -5 -5
People see me all the time
-5 6 6 6 6 6 6 -5 5 6 4
and they just can’t remember how to act
-5 -5 -5 -5 -5 6 -5 7
Their minds are filled with big ideas,
6 6 6 -5 5 -7 6 6 4
images and distorted facts.
-6 -6 7 -7 5 6
Even- you, yesterday
5 -5 6 -6 -5 6 4 4 4
you had to ask me where it was at,
6 -6 -6 -6 -7 6 6 6 6 -7
I couldn’t believe after all these years,
-5 -5 -5 6 5 6 5 4 4
you didn’t know me better than that
5 4 -4
Sweet lady.
6 5 4 4
Idiot wind,
-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 6 6 6 4
blowing every time you move your mouth,
-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 6 5 -4
Blowing down the backroads headin’ south.
6 5 4 4
Idiot wind,
-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 6 5 6 4
blowing every time you move your teeth,
5 -5 6 5 4 4
You’re an idiot, babe.
5 -5 6 6 6 6 6 -5 5 -4 4
It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
And now Aint No Sunshine
-3′ 4 -4 -5 5 5 4 -4
Ain’t no sun-shine when she’s gone
-3′ 4 -4 -5 5 4 -4
It’s not warm when she’s a-way
-4 -4 -5 -6 6 -6 -6 6
Ain’t no sun-shine when she’s gone
-4 6 -5 -4 4 -4 -4 4
And she’s al-ways gone too long
-5 6 -5 -4 4 -4 -4
A-ny time she goes a-way
Won-der this time where she’s gone
Won-der if she’s gone to stay
Ain’t no sun-shine when she’s gone
And this house just ain’t no home
A-ny time she goes a-way
-3′ 4 -4 4 -4 4 -4 4 -4 -3′
And I know, I know, I know, I know
4 -4 4 -5 4 -4 -3′ 4 -4
I know, I know, I know, I know
4 -4 4 -4 4 -4 4 -5
I know, I know, I know, I know
4 -4 -3′ 4 -4 4 -4 4 -4
I know, I know, I know, I know
4 -4 4 -4 4 -4 4 -5
I know, I know, I know, I know
4 -4 4 -4 4 -4 4 -4 (or sumthin’… 🙂 )
I know, I know, I know, I know
-5 -6 -6 -6 -6 7 7 -6 6
Hey I’ll leave the young thing a-lone
-5 6 -5 -4 -6 6 6 -5 -4
But ain’t no sun-shine when she’s gone
Now go out and play
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Harmonica tabs from Harp Tabs. Great sites, thanks guys!