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One Kind Favor/See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 16h Chr

by Blind Lemon Jefferson · 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)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

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One Kind Favor/See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Key of C)
(16 hole Chromatic)
Written by Blind Lemon Jefferson
Performed by Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers
Transposed to the Key of C Major
16 Hole Range: G3 to Eb5
Hear the original Blind Lemon Jefferson’s 1928 version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX3mxjtpyBc

Tab notations:
none = blow    - = draw    * = button in    ____ = hold
. = on lower register (first 4 holes on a 16 hole Chrome)

     1_      1___  -1*_  1    1_  1    .3*_ 1   1__
  1. There’s one_  kind  fa - vor I’ll ask_ of  you.
  2. There’s two_  white hors-es       in__ a   line.
  3. There’s three black coaches       in__ the rain.
  4. Have    you_  ev-er heard    a    cof_-fin sound?
  5. There’s one_  kind  fa - vor I’ll ask_ of  you.

     3_      3___  -3*_  3    3   3    -2__ 3   3__
  1. There’s one   kind  fa - vor I’ll ask  of  you.
  2. There’s two   white hors-es       in   a   line.
  3. There’s three black coaches       in   the rain.
  4. Have    you   ev-er heard    a    cof_-fin sound?
  5. There’s one   kind  fa - vor I’ll ask  of  you.

      4     4       4___  -5*_  4    4___ 4    3_-2__ -1*_ 1__
  1. Yeah, there’s one   kind  fa - vor  I’ll ask___ of__ you.
  2.       There’s two   white hors-es        in____ a___ line.
  3.       There’s three black coaches        in____ the_ rain.
  4.       Have    you    ev-er heard_    a   cof___-fin_ sound?
  5. Yeah, there’s one   kind  fa - vor  I’ll ask___ of__ you.

     -1*_ 1    1   -.4_.3__  1    1_      1__
  1. See_ that my  grave___  is   kept    clean.
  2. Carryin’  me  to______  my   buryin’ ground.
  3. Emp -ty   now from____ their heavy   load.
  4. Be - in’  low-erd_____  in   the     ground?
  5. See_ that my  grave___  is   kept    clean.

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Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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