10 Songs That Taught Me Harmonica (Easy to Hard)

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Here are the harmonica tabs in C for this first, easiest, beginner way to play Mary Had a Little Lamb, a good one to learn, even if today is your very first day playing the harmonica.

1. Mary Had a Little Lamb

45 -34 34 -34 45 45 45
Ma-ry had a lit-tle lamb

-34 -34 -34 45 56 56
Lit - tle lamb, Lit - tle lamb

45 -34 34 -34 45 45 45
Ma-ry had a lit-tle lamb

45 -34 -34 45 -34 34
Her fleece was white as snow


Here are the harmonica tabs in C for Mary Had a Little Lamb:

1b. Mary Had a Little Lamb - Single Notes

5 -4 4 -4 5 5 5
Mary had a little lamb

-4 -4 -4 5 6 6
Little lamb, little lamb

5 -4 4 -4 5 5 5
Mary had a little lamb

5 -4 -4 5 -4 4
Her fleece was white as snow

Here are the harmonica tabs in C for “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.”

2. Row Row Row Your Boat

4 4 4 -4 5
Row, row, row your boat

5 -4 5 -5 6
Gently down the stream

7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

6 -5 5 -4 4
Life is but a dream

These are the harmonica tabs in C for “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.”
3. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

4 4 6 6 -6 -6 6
Twinkle, twinkle little star

-5 -5 5 5 -4 -4 4
How I wonder what you are

6 6 -5 -5 5 5 -4
Up above the world so high

6 6 -5 -5 5 5 -4
Like a diamond in the sky

4 4 6 6 -6 -6 6
Twinkle, twinkle little star

-5 -5 5 5 -4 -4 4
How I wonder what you are

Here are the harmonica tabs in C for how I learned to play Oh Susanna.

4a. Oh Susanna! (Fast tabs)

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

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

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

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

4b. Oh Susanna! (More accurate tabs)

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

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

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

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

5. The Train Imitation

Da’ Whistle
-34 -34
“Dwah Dwah”

Da’ Chug
-123 123 -14 14
“Takata Hoo”

Here are the harmonica tabs to play the Cross-eyed Cat riff on the harmonica:

6. Cross-eyed Cat by Muddy Waters
-5 5 -4 4 -3 -4

Here are the harmonica tabs in C for “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.

7. Bethoven’s 9th Symphony “Ode to Joy”
5 5 -5 6 6 -5 5 -4 4 4 -4 5 5 -4 -4
5 5 -5 6 6 -5 5 -4 4 4 -4 5 -4 4 4
-4 -4 5 4 -4 5 -5 5 4 -4 5 -5 5 -4 4 -4 3
5 5 -5 6 6 -5 5 -4 4 4 -4 5 -4 4 4

Here are the harmonica tabs for “You Got to Move”

8. You Got To Move
-2 -3 4 -4
-4 -4 -4’ -3 -2 -3
-4 -4 -4 -4 4
-4 -3 -3 -2
-1 2 -2 -3
-3 -2 2 -1
-2 -2 2 -2

Here are the harmonica tabs to Low Rider:

9. Low Rider
-3 -3 -3 -3 -3 4 -4
3 -3 4 -3 3 (Repeat)
-2” -2” -2” -2” -2” -2”
-2” -2” -2” -2” -2” -2”
-2” -2

Here are the harmonica tabs to Peach Tree by Sonny Boy Williamson:

10. Peach Tree by Sonny Boy Williamson
-2 2 -2 -3 4 -4’ -4
-2 2 -2 -3 -3 -2 2 -1 (2)
-2 2 -2 -3 4 -4’
-4 -4 4 -4 -3 -2 2 -1 2 -2 -2