Harmonica Tab: Mannish Boy by Muddy Waters

Learn to play Mannish Boy by Muddy Waters on your harmonica, the tab is below.

Song facts: “Mannish Boy” was first recorded in 1955 by Muddy Waters. It is a blues standard which is an “answer song” to “I’m A Man” by Bo Diddley.

Harmonica type (Diatonic): Use your 10-hole harmonica in the key of D to jam along in 2nd position. (Notice how the harmonica plays a classic call and response type of them by not playing while Muddy is singing but rather in between the vocals).

Listen to the song:

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Mannish Boy by Muddy Waters (for diatonic harmonica)

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