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All My Love In Vain (Intro Riffs And Break)

by Sonny Boy Williamson 11 · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica

BeginnerNo bends61 notesHoles 1–3Diatonic

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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend
Intro
-2 b-2 -4 4 -3 -3 -3 -2 b-3 (hold)
Verse 1
break)
again)
harp break
Harp Break....
b-2 -1 b-2 (H)
b-2 -2 b-3 b-2 -1 1 b-2 b-2 -1 b-2 -1 b-1 1 -2(H)
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Intro
-3 -4 -3 -4 -3 -4 -3 -5 (tremolo)
-2 -2 -3 3 b-2 b-2 -2 -3 b-2 b-2 b-2 -3
-2 b-2 -4 4 -3 -3 -3 -2 b-3 (hold)
-2 -3 -3 -2 -1 -3 -2 b-2 -2
b-2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -1 -1
Verse 1
My heart has been broken and I know my love`s in vain  (little harp
break)
-2 b-2 -2 -2 -3 -2 b-2 -2 -2 -3
My heart has been broken and I know my love`s in vain (a harp break
again)
-2 b-2 -2 -2 -3 -2 b-2 -(1&2)
But people always tol me that a woman was a glory for a man (another
harp break)
b-2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -1 -1
Verse 2
If you whip her when she needs it
The judge will not let you explain
Because he believes in justice
And a woman is a glory for a man
Harp Break....
-4(tremolo)-3 -2 b-2 -2 b-2 -2 b-2 -2+3(T+H)-2 
b-2 -1 b-2 (H) 
-3 -3 -3 -2 -3 -3 -3 -2 -3 
-2 b-2 b-1 -1 (H) -1 b-1 -1 -3
b-2 -2 b-3 b-2 -1 1 b-2 b-2 -1 b-2 -1 b-1 1 -2(H)
-2 -2 -2 -2 b-2 -1 -1
Verse 3...
I`d rather be tied out in the desert
Right out in the pouring rain
I`d rather be tied out in the desert
Right out in the pouring rain
Than yo lose you baby 
She is the glory for man

The band plays in G so I use a C harp here
(T+H)= Tremolo and Hold (H) = Hold