O Little Town Of Bethlehem (Chromatic Duet)

by Lewis Henry Redner & Phillips Brooks · posted by EarthDogHarpin

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

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O Little Town Of Bethlehem (Chromatic Duet)
Music by Lewis Henry Redner Words by Phillips Brooks
Key of G Major
Tabbed for a 12 hole (1st harp) and a 16 hole (2nd harp)
Key of C, Solo tuned Chromatic.
Alternate combinations could include one 12 hole Standard Solo tuned chromatic

and one Tenor C chromatic, or 2 Tenor C chromatics.

Tab notations:
none = blow    - = draw    * = button in    __ = hold
-5__-4* = slide smoothly from one note to the next
_1_ = continuation of held note from previous line
-(.41) = (-.4-1) = draw holes .4 & 1
-(.2.4)* = (-.2*-.4*) = draw holes .2 & .4 with button in
                        while blocking hole .3

   -4   -4    -4 -3*   -4 -5__-4* 2_
1. O   Lit - tle Town Of Beth-le- hem,
2. For Christ is born of Ma_____- ry
3. O   ho - ly Child of Beth-le- hem,
   -1   -1    -1 1*    -1 2*   2   1__

   -3   3      2*_3 -3   -1    -4________
1. How still we__ see thee lie!
2. And gath_- ered all a_ - bove
3. De_- cend   to__ us, we    pray,
   _1_ -(.41)_____ -(.2.4)*__    -.1 -.4

   -4    -4   -4   6     -5 -5      4    2
1. A - bove thy deep and dream - less sleep
2. While mor_-tals sleep the an___ - gels keep
3. Cast out our sin   and en___ - ter in,
         -1_______ .3*______ 2__________________

   -3    3     2*_3 -4    -3     3________
1. The   si_ - lent stars go     by.
2. Their watch of__ won - d’ring love.
3. Be    born in__ us    to - day
_2____ -(.41)____ -(.4*.2)____   -.1 -.4

   -4   -4 -4 -3     3      2*____ 2*
1. Yet, in thy dark streets shin – eth
2. O, morn-ing stars to - geth - er
3. We hear the Christ-mas    an__ - gels
       -1______ 1      1*     -1*________

   2*    2     2*   3      -3 -4______
1. The   ev - er – last - ing light:
2. Pro - claim the ho - ly birth
3. The   great glad tid – ings tell.
_-1*__ .2    -.2* .3     .4 -1*_____

   -4 -4     -4 -3*   -4 -5   4    2
1. The hopes and fears of all the years
2. And praise-es sing to God, our King,
3. Oh, come   to us,   a- bide with us
   -1 -1     -1 1*    -1 2*   2    1

   6    -5    3 -4__ -3 3______
1. Are met   in thee to-night.
2. And peace to men on earth.
3. Our Lord Em-man– u– el.
   -.3* -.4   1*_____ 1 -.4____

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