The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) Harmonica Tabs

The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) (Low E Diatonic)
Words and Music by Bárd Ylvisáker & Vegard Ylvisáker
Originally Published in the key of C# Minor
Lead Vocal Range: C#4 to F#6
Fox vocal range (end only) B3 to F#4
Adapted & tabbed for a key of Low E Major Richter tuned Diatonic.

Standard key of E will be an octave high.

Tab notations:
none = blow – = draw ob = overblow
‘ = 1/2 step bend ” = full step bend
-4_-5 = slur; slide smoothly from note to note, as
if to slur the notes all together as one.

Intro
-6 7_-8 9_8 -6 7_-8 9_-6

-6 7_-8 9_8 -6 -6_7_-7_6_-6

5 5_-4 -4 -3 -3_-4 -4
Dog goes “woof,” cat goes_ “meow,”

-3 -4 -4 -3” 4 -3_-3” -3”
bird goes “tweet” and mouse goes__ “squeak.”

5 5_-4 -4 -3 -4_-3 -4
Cow goes “moo,” frog goes_ “croak”

-3 -4 6 5ob_5 5 5_5ob 5
and the el – e – phant goes_ “toot.”

6 6 6 5 5 6 6_5ob
Ducks say “quack” and fish go “blub”

-4 -4 6 5ob_5 5_-4 5_-4 5
and the seal goes_ “ow,_ ow,_ ow.”

5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6_5ob
But there’s one sound that no one knows:

-8 -8 7 8 -6
What does the fox say?

8 9 9 9 9 -9 -9 -9 8
Ring-ding-ding-ding-ding-e-ring-e-ding!

8 9 9 9 9 -9 -9 8
Ge-ring-ding-ding-ding—e-ring-ding!

8 8 8 9 9 9 9 -9 -9 -9 8
Ge-ring-e-ding-ding-ding-ding-e-ring–e-ding!

-8 7 8 -6 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 -8_7
What the fox say? Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!

8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 -8_7 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 -8_7
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow! Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!

-8 7 8 -6 6 -6 6 -6 6 -6 6 -6 6 -6 6 -6
What the fox say? Ha-tee-ha-tee-hat-ho! Ha-tee-ha-tee-hat-ho!

6 -6 6 -6 6 -6
Ha-tee-ha-tee-hat-ho!

-8 7 -8 -6
What the fox say?

-8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -8 -7 -8
Joff-tchoff-tchoff o-tchoff o-tchoff o-tchoff!

-8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -8 -7 -7
Tchoff-tchoff o-tchoff o-tchoff-o-tchoff!

-8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -8 -7 -8
Joff-tchoff-tchoff o-tchoff o-tchoff-o-tchoff!

-8 7 8 -6
What the fox say?

5 5_-4 -4 -3 -3_-4 -4
Big blue eyes, point-y____ nose,

-3 4_-4 -4 -3” 4 -3_-3” -3”
Chas-ing_ mice and dig-ging_ holes,

5 5_-4 -4 -3 -3_-4 -4
ti-ny__ paws up the__ hill,

-3 -4 6 5ob_5 5 5_5ob 5
sud-den-ly you’re stand–ing__ still.

5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6_5ob
Your fur is red, so beau-ti-ful,_

-4 -4 6 5ob_5 5 -4 4
like an an-gel__ in dis-guise,

5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6_5ob
but if you meet a friend-ly horse,

-4 -4 -4 6 5ob 5 5_-4 -4 -4 -4 -4 4
will you com-mu-ni-cate by__ mo- o –o -or-se,

-4 -4 -4 -4 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 4
mo- o –o -or-se, mo- o -o- or – se?
4 4 6
How will you

5ob 5 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 4
speak to that ho – o – o – or-se, ho – o – o – or-se,

-4 -4 -4 -4 4
ho – o – o – or-se?

-8 -8 7 8 -6 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10 9
What does the fox say? Ja-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha chow!

-10 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10 9 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10 9
Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-chow! Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-chow!

-8 7 8 -6
What the fox say?

8 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8
Fra-ka – ka-ka – ka-ka – ka-ka – kow!

8 8 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 -8
Fra-ka – ka-ka-ka – ka – ka-ka – kow!

8 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8
Fra-ka – ka-ka – ka-ka – ka-ka – kow!

-8 7 8 -6 -4 4 4 -6 -6 -8
What the fox say? A- hee-a-ee-ha – hee!

-4 -4 4 4 -6 -8 -4 -4 4 -4 -6 -8
A- hee-a – ee – ha – hee! A – hee-a – ee – ha – hee!

-8 7 8 -6 4 7_-8_7_-7_-6_6_-5_5 -6_7_-8_7_-7_-6
What the fox say? A-ooo!_______________ Woo-ooo________

-8 -8 7 8 -6
What does the fox say?

-6 -6 -6 -6 -7 -7 7 7 7 7_-7 7_-7
The sec-ret of the fox, an-cient mys–ter- y___

-7 -7 -7 7 -7 -7_-6 4 7 7 7 7_-8
some–where deep in the woods, I know you’re hid–ing,

7 7 7_-8 -8 7 7 7 7_-7 7_-7
What is your sound? Will we ev-er__ know?

-3 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 7_-7 -7_-6
Will al-ways be a mys-ter– y,___

8 8 9 -10
What do you say?

8 8 8 9 9 9
You’re my guar–dian an-gel,

-7 -7 -7 7_-7 -7_-6 8 8 9_-10 9_-10
hid–ing in the_ woods. What is your_ sound?

-2 -2 -2 -3” 4 -3” -2 -3” 4 4 -3” -4 4
(A-bom, bom, bom, way–oh, bom-be-dim bit, oh, way–o,

-2 -2 -2 -3” 4 -3”
a-bom, bom, bom, way–oh,)

-10 -10 -10 10’_-10 -10_9 9 9 9
will we ev– er_____ know? I want to…
-2 -2 -2 -2 -3” -3 4 -3” -3”-3” -3” 4 -3”
(a-way de-bom bap, bap way–oh, ba-ba-dum way, oh

9 9 9 9 9 9 9_-10___________________________________
I want to… I want to know.___________________________________
-2 -2 -2 -2 -3” -3” 4 -3”
a-way de-bom bap, bap way–oh.)

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Really want to know what a fox says?

see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6NuhlibHsM

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