Down By the Riverside | Free Harmonica Lesson & Tabs

Hello! In today's free harmonica lesson, I'll teach you to play the African-American spiritual song and anti-war anthem 'Down By The Riverside'. Click here for free harp tabs to this song.

In this lesson, we’ll be working on the melody which is pretty simple apart from a full-step bend on hole 3 draw. This is one of the trickier bends to control cleanly, so it’s a great opportunity to build accuracy and confidence in that lower range.

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Here are the free harp tabs:

5 5 5 3 -3// 4 5

I'm gon’ lay down my burden

5 5 -4 5 -4 4

Down by the riverside

-4 -4 4 -4 4 -3

Down by the riverside

5 5 -4 5 -4 4

Down by the riverside

5 5 5 3 -3// 4 5

I'm gon’ lay down my burden

5 5 -4 5 -4 4

Down by the riverside

5 -4 -4 -5 5 -4 4

Gon’ study no war no more

4 -4 5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5

I ain't gon’ study war no more

5 5 5 -4 4

Study war no more

-4 -4 -5 4 -4 5

Study no war no more

4 -4 5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5

I ain't gon’ study war no more

5 5 5 -4 4

Study war no more

-4 -4 -5 5 -4 4

Study no war no more

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