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The Little Drummer Boy Harmonica Tab

Diatonic Harmonica Tab

Key: C

4    -4   5   5  
Come, they told me

  5 -5   5  -5   5 
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum) 

4  4  -4   5    5  5  
A newborn King to see 

  5 -5   5  -5   5 
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum) 

-4   5 -5    6    6   6  
Our finest gifts we bring 

-6  6  -5   5  -4 
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum) 

-4  5  -5  6   6    6  
To lay before the King 

-6 -7  -6   6  -5 
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum,
 
-6   6  -5   5   
Rum-pum-pum-pum, 

 6  -5   5  -4 
rum-pum-pum-pum) 

5  -5  6 6   6 
So to honor Him 

 6  -6   6  -6   6 
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum) 

-4 4 -4  4 
When we come.

Verse 2.            
Little Baby
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
I am a poor boy, too
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
I have no gift to bring
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
That's fit to give our King
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum,
Rum-pum-pum-pum, rum-pum-pum-pum)
Shall I play for you
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
On my drum?
 
Verse 3.            
Mary nodded(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
The ox and lamb kept time
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
I played my drum for Him
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
I played my best for Him
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum,
Rum-pum-pum-pum, rum-pum-pum-pum)
Then He smiled at me
(Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum)
Me and my drum.

Chromatic Harmonica Tab

Key of F Major  Range: F4 - Eb5
Tab notation:  none = blow   - = draw   
* = button in

2*    3    -3   -3
Come, they told me,
-3 -3* -3  -3* -3
pa-rum pum pum pum.
2* 2*  3    -3   -3 -3
A  new born King to see,
-3 -3* -3  -3* -3
pa-rum pum pum pum.
3   -3  -3* 4     5  5     
Our fin-est gifts we bring,
-5 4   -3* -3  3
pa-rum pum pum pum.
3  -3  -3*  4    5   5
To lay be - fore the King,
-5 -5* -5  4   -3*
pa-rum pum pum pum,
-5  4   -3* -3
rum-pum pum pum,
4   -3* -3  3
rum-pum pum pum.
2* 3  -3 -3  -3
So to ho-nor Him,
-3 -3* -3  -3* -3
pa-rum pum pum pum,
3   2* 3  2*
When__ we come.

2*  3   -3 -3
Lit-tle Ba-by,
-3 -3* -3  -3* -3
pa-rum pum pum pum.
2*2* 3 -3   -3  -3
I am a poor boy too,
-3 -3* -3  -3* -3
pa-rum pum pum pum.
3 -3   -3* 4    5  5
I have no  gift to bring,
-5 4   -3* -3  2
pa-rum pum pum pum.
3      -3  -3* 4    5   5
That's fit to  give the King,
-5 -5* -5  4   -3*
pa-rum pum pum pum,
-5  4   -3* -3
rum-pum pum pum,
4   -3* -3  3
rum-pum pum pum.
2*    3 -3   -3  -3
Shall I play for you,
-3 -3* -3  -3* -3
pa-rum pum pum pum,
3 2* 3  2*
On__ my drum?

2* 3  -3  -3
Ma-ry nod-ded,
-3 -3* -3  -3* -3
pa-rum pum pum pum.
2*  2* 3   -3   -3   -3
The ox and lamb kept time,
-3 -3* -3  -3* -3
pa-rum pum pum pum.
3 -3     -3* 4    5   5
I played my  drum for Him,
-5 4   -3* -3  3
pa-rum pum pum pum.
3 -3     -3* 4    5   5
I played my  best for Him,
-5 -5* 5   4   -3*
pa-rum pum pum pum,
-5  4   -3* -3
rum-pum pum pum,
4   -3* -3  3
rum-pum pum pum.
2*   3  -3     -3 -3
Then He smiled at me,
-3 -3* -3  -3* -3
pa-rum pum pum pum,
3  2*  3  2*
Me and my drum.

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