Bye Bye Bird - Free Harmonica Tabs & Lesson (Sonny Boy Williamson)

Hello! In today's free harmonica lesson we're learning Bye Bye Bird by Sonny Boy Williamson II (also known as Rice Miller) on a key of low C diatonic harmonica.

Here are the harp tabs:

Verse 1

-4/-->-4(5) -4-->-4/-->-3

-4/-->-4(5) -4-->-4/-->-3

-1 2 3 2 3

-123 -123 -123 -123 -123

-1 2 3 2 3

-123 -123 -123 -123 -123

-1 2 -2 -2 -3/-->-3

-1 2 3 2 3

-123 -123 -123 -123 -123

-1 2 3 -3//-->-3 3 -2

Verse 2

3 -3 -3 4 -4 4 -3 3

-123 -123 -123 -123 -123

-3 -3 4 -4 4 -3 3

-4 -5 -4 -4/ -3 4 3 -3/

-123 -123 -123 -123 -123

-3/ 4 -3/ 3 2

-123 -123 -123 -123 -123

-3/ 4 -3/ 3 -4/-->-4-->-4/ -3 4

4 -3 3 2 3 3

Verse 3

-1 2 3 2 3

-123 -123 -123 -123 -123

-1 2 3 2 3

-123 -123 -123 -123 -123

-1 2 3 2 3

-123 -123 -123 -123 -123

-1 2 3 2 3

-123 -123 -123 -123 -123

-1 2 3 -3//-->-3/ 3 2 3 3

Thanks for studying with me today. I hope you enjoyed learning this song!

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