Free Country Tuning Harmonica Tabs for All Levels

Hello! If you're looking for songs to play on your country-tuned harmonica then you're in the right place. Here are some free harp tabs for country tuned harmonica (also known as major seven tuning). You can use any key of harmonica to play these songs, as long as it is tuned to Country Tuning / Major Seven Tuning.

The country tuning differs from standard Richter tuning by only one note, but it takes some getting used to. Instead of an F note on the 5 draw, a key of C country harp has an F# (the note has been raised by a semitone):

Want to know more about Country Tuning? Check out my Free Country Tuning Guide.

Harp Tabs for Country-Tuned Harmonica

These tabs can all be played on any key of country-tuned harmonica. Some of the songs involve bending, and in one case an overblow. For a free guide to my harp tabs system, click here.

What a Wonderful World - Country Tuned Harmonica Tabs

-4 -5   6     6      -8         8   8  8    -8

I see trees of green, red roses too 

  7    7          7          -7  -6     -6      -6       6

I    see    them  bloom for  me   and    you

  6   6   6   6    6     6

And I say to myself

   6      6   -5  6  -6        -7

What a wonderful world 

-4 -5    6     6    -8      8       8       8      -8

I see skies of blue and clouds of white

   7        7       7      7     -7   -6     -6      -6  -6     6

The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night

  6     6     6   6    6    6

And I think to myself

  6      6    -5  6  -6     -6      6

What a wonderful wo-orld

  6     -6  -6    -6  -6   -6    -4

The colours of the rainbow

-4    7 -7   -7   6    -7

So pretty in the sky

 6   -6  -6  -6  -6  -6  -4

Are also on the faces

-4   7   -7    -7   6    -7

Of people passing by 

-7  -8       8         8    8       -8

I see friends shaking hands 

-7   -8     8      8    8    -8

Saying how do you do 

       8        8  8     -8  -8   7   -7   -6

They’re really   saying, I  love you 

-4 -5   6     6      -8  8      8     8         -8

I hear babies cry, I watch them grow

     7           7       7        -7       6   -6     -6  -6     6

They'll learn much more, than I'll ever know 

  6    6    6    6     6     6

And I think to myself 

   6      6   -5  6  -6        -7

What a wonderful world 

 -7  -7   -7    6    -6   6

Yes, I think to myself

  6      6  -5  6  -6    -6    6

What a wonderful wo-rld

Your Cheatin' Heart (Hank Williams) - Country Tuned Harmonica Tabs

-4        6     5      -3

Your cheatin' heart

  -4     5       -4       4

Will make you weep

    6       6     -6    -5

You'll cry and cry

  -4    5    4     -3

And try to sleep

-4      6         5       -3

But sleep won't come

  -4     5          -4            4

The whole night through

   6       6     -6      -5

Your cheatin' heart

-4      5  -2/  -2

Will tell on you

   6            6        6        6

When tears come down

  6       6  6  (5)  -4

Like falling ra-ain

    6       6       6      6

You'll toss around

   5      -5     6    -6

And call my name

   -4       6        5      -3

You'll walk the floor

  -4   5    -4   4

The way I do

   6       6     -6      -5

Your cheatin' heart

-4      5  -2/  -2

Will tell on you

The First Noel - Country Tuned Harmonica Tabs

-3 -3// -2 -3// -3 4 -4

The-e  fi-irst  no-o-el 

 5  -5   6  -5    5    -4

The-e angel did say  

   5   -5    6  -5      5        -4       5     -5     6        -4         4     -3

Was to certain poor shepherds in fields where they lay  

-3 -3// -2 -3// -3  4   -4

I-in fi-elds whe-ere they

  -5      6  -5        5       -4

Lay keeping their sheep

5    -5    6     -5     5     -4   5   -5     6    -4   4    -3

On  a cold winter’s ni-ight that wa-as so deep

-3 -3// -2 -3//  -3    4     -4   6    -5     5    5     -4

No – o – e - el    No – o - el   No – o – el   No - el 

  6     -5   5   -4  5   -5  6 -4  4  -3 

Born is the Ki-ing of I-is-ra-el 

Oh Danny Boy - Country Tuned Harmonica Tabs

-2/   -2  -3//  -3  -3// -3    5     -4    -3     -3//  -2   2

Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are ca-all-ing

  -2        -3    4   -4      5       -4       -3     -2    -3    -3//

From glen to glen, and down the mountain side

-2/   -2    -3//     -3    -3//  -3   5   -4  -3  -3//  -2   2

The summer's gone, and all the roses fa-a-lling

-2    -2  -3//  -3     4    -3   -3//   -2  -3//  -2

It's you, it's you must go and I must bide

  -4       5    -5     6      -5        -5     5     -4    5    -4  -3  -2

But come ye back when summer's in the me-ea-dow

-4     5      -5      6     -5       -5        5      -4      -3     -3//

Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow

-4   -4  -4   -7    -6    -6    6      5  6   -4  -3  -2

It's I'll be here in sunshine or in sha-a-dow

-2/   -2 -3// -3   5   -4   -3  -3// -2   2   -2/  -2

Oh, Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so

Jambalaya / On the Bayou - Country Tuned Harmonica Tabs

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

Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me-o my-o

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

Me gotta go pole the pireaux down the bayou 

6      6      6    6    5   -4     6     5   -4  -4   -3//

My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me-o my-o

-4   -4  -4   -5    -5     5    -4     5  -4   -3    -3//   -2

Son-of-a-gun we'll have big fun on the bayou 

-7  -7  -7    6  6   6    5     6   -4 -4 5 -4   -4   -3//

Jambalay’ ‘n a crawfish pie ‘n a filet gumbo

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

'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my cher amio

 6       6   6    5    -4    6    5   -4   -4   -3// 

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gay-o 

 -4  -4  -4  -5     -5     5     -4    5  -4  -3   -3//  -2

Son-of-a-gun we'll have big fun on the bayou

Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Country Tuned Harmonica Tabs

   -2       6      -5  -4   5     -5     6

Somewhere over the rainbow

-2      5     -4

Way up high

   2         4     -3    -2  -3//   -3    4

There's a land that I heard of

-3//   -2/   -2   -3//  -3   -2

Once   in     a    lull-a-by

    -2      6      -5   -4    5   -5     6

Somewhere over the rainbow

  -2       5     -4

Skies are blue

   2     4         -3       -2   -3//   -3    4    -3//  

And the dreams that you dare to dream

-2/  -2  -3//  -3    -2

Really do come true

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

Someday I'll wish upon a star

   -4      4    -4       4       -4        4      -4     4 

And wake up where the clouds are far

  -4   5    5 

Behind me

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

Where troubles melt like lemon drops

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

Away above the chimney tops

    5        -5          -5      -6       5 

That's where you'll find me

   -2       6      -5  -4   5     -5     6

Somewhere over the rainbow

-2      5     -4

Bluebirds fly

   2         4     -3    -2  -3//   -3    4

Birds fly over the rainbow

-3//   -2/   -2   -3//  -3   -2

Why, then, oh, why can't I?

-4   -3  -4  -3 -4   -3    -4    -3 

If happy little bluebirds fly

  -4     4    -4    4   -4

Beyond the rainbow

  4      -4     5     -5     6

Why oh why can't I?

Clair de Lune (Debussy) - Country Tuned Harmonica Tabs

-6    -5    5  -5  5

-4  5  -4  -5     -4    -4/  -4  -4/

-3  -4/  -3  5  -3     -3//  -3  -3//    -2   -3//  -2     -2/

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

-6    -5         5  -5    5

-4  5  -6  -5  5  -5  5   -4

-4  5  -7   -6   -5   5  -5  5    -4    -3

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

-5     6   -5  5   -5  5    -4  5   -4  -4/   -4   -3

-2  -3//  -4/  -3  -2             -2  -3//   -4  -3  -2            -2 -3//  5  -4  -3

-4  5   -6  

-3//   4  -4   -3//

4  -3//  -4  5    -5   -4   -5   -6/   -5    -4   -4

-3   -4/   -5  -3      -4/   -5  6   -5  4*  5  -7         -6

-6   7  -8   -6

7   -6   -4   -5/   -6  -6   6

6   6*   -8   6

6*  -8  -9  8   -8   7    6*   

-6   6   -5/   5    -4  4  -3/   -3//      -2   -2//     2    

-2   -3   2

-2   -3   -5  5  -3     -3//        -3   -5   5  -3      -3//   

5  6  -7   5        6     -7     8          -8          8 

-6    -5     5   -5  5

-4  5  -4  -5     -4    -4/  -4  -4/

-3  -4/  -3  5  -3     -3//  -3  -3//    -2  -3//  -2     -2/

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

-6    -5    5  -5  5

-4  5  -6  -5   5  -5  5   -4

-1   2   -3   -2/     -2   -3//   -4  -3

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

-6            7   -8      7    -8   -9   -10

How to Use Free Country Tuning Tabs to Improve Your Harmonica Playing

Having some harp tabs for the country tuning is just the first step. To truly benefit from them, you need a strategy for practice and learning.

Start Slow and Focus on Accuracy

Melodies rely on clear, expressive notes. Begin by playing tabs slowly, focusing on hitting the right notes and maintaining good tone. If you need help, try my Single Notes Harmonica Lesson.

Practice Bending and Vibrato

To bring the best out of yourharmonica, you can add sounds like bending notes and adding vibrato. Check out my free lessons: Bending for Harmonica Players and How to Play Vibrato on Harmonica.

Play Along with Recordings

Once comfortable, play along with recordings of the songs you are learning. This helps with timing and feel, which are crucial in all styles on music.