title: Pontoon (12 hole)
key: Country
harp type: Chromatic
genre: A
skill: Intermediate

Pontoon (12 hole Chromatic)
Words & Music by Barry Dean, Natalie Hemby & Luke Laird
Performed by Little Big Town
Key of A Major Original Range: E3 to C6
Key of C Range: E4 to C7 Tenor C Range: E3 to C6
Tabbed for either a 12 hole key of C Solo tuned chromatic
OR a Key of Tenor C Solo tuned chromatic
Adapted for solo play.
Tab notations: none = blow – = draw * = button in
12 = grace note; just barely sound before playing main note
(12×9)* = tongue blocked chord with button in
__ = hold; sustain; or sliding gliss
gliss = rapidly slide from starting number/note to
ending number/note (in this song, slide down the harp)
a series of consecutive tones in a scalelike passage.
5_5* = slur; slide smoothly from one note to next
A = on the upbeat (no note, just for reference)
-11 12(12×9)* -11 12(12×9)* -1111__ -11 12(12×9)* -11 12(12×5)* -1111__
-11 12(12×9)* -11 12(12×9)* -1111__ 10 11 -11 12(12×9)* -1111__
-5 6 5 -4 -3 -3 -3 -44* 4*gliss-2*
A–Back this hitch up in-to the wa-ter_______
-2_5*2 5* -4 -3 -3 -3 4_4*
Un – tie all the ca-bles and rope
5* 6 5* -4 -3 -3 -2*
Step on-to the As-tro Turf
-5 6 5* -4 -3 -3 4* -44*_
Get your-self a Koo-zie, let’s go_
-11 12(12×9)* -11 12(12×9)* -1111__ 10 11 -11 12(12×9)* -1111__
-5 6 5* -4 -3 -3 -3 4* 4*gliss2
Who said an-y- thing a- bout ski-ing?____
5* 6 5* -4 -3 -3 4 4_4*
Float-ing is all I wan-na do__
-5 6 55* -4 -3 -3 3 2 5* 6 5* -4 -3 -3 -3 4_4*
You can climb the lad-der Just don’t rock the boat while I bar-be-cue_
-11 12(12×9)* -11 12(12×9)* -1111__ 10 11 -11 12(12×9)* -1111
-7 7 7_6 6_-6*
On the pon-toon_
-6* -7 -7 -6* -7 -7 -6* 6 6 6 5*_5
Mak-ing waves and catch-ing rays up on the roof
-6* 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 -6* 6 6 6_7*
A–Jump-ing out the back Don’t act like you don’t want to__
7* 7* -6* 6 2-2* 2
Par-ty in slow mo- tion
-3_-7 -7 7 7 6 6 5_5*__ 5* -3 4* 3_-3__
Out__ here in the o-pen Mmm,__ mo-tor-boat-ing___
-11 12(12×9)* -11 12(12×9)* -1111__ -11 12(12×9)*
6 -6* -7___
Ooh ooh ooh__
-11 12(12×9)* -1111__ 10 11 -11 12(12×9)* -1111__
5* 6 55* -4 -3 -3 -3 44* 4*gliss2
A–Reach your hand down in-to the cool-er______
-5 5* 6 5* -4 -3 -3 4 4_4*_
Don’t drink it if the moun-tains aren’t blue_
-34* 6 55* -4 -3 -3 -2* 2 -5 6 55* -4 -3 -3 -3 44*
Try to keep it stead-y as you re-cline on your black in-ner tube_
-11 12(12×9)* -11 12(12×9)* -1111__ 10 11 -11 12(12×9)* -1111__
-7_6 6_-6*__
Pon_–toon___
-6* -7 -7 -6* -7 -7 -6* 6 6 6 5*_5
Mak-ing waves and catch-ing rays up on the roof
-6* 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 -6* 6 6 6_7*
A–Jump-ing out the back Don’t act like you don’t want to__
7* 7* -6* 6 2-2* 2
Par-ty in slow mo- tion
-3_-7 -7 7 7 6 6 5_5*__ 5* -3 4* 3_-3_4*
Out__ here in the o-pen Mmm,__ mo-tor-boat-ing____
6 -6* -7 6 -6* -8 -7_ 6 -6* -7 -8 -9_
6 -6* -7__
Ooh ooh ooh_
10_ 11 -10* 10 9*_ 9 -7 88* -7 88* 10 -8__ -8 77* 6_____
6 -6* -7__
Ooh ooh ooh_
4 4 4 4_ 4 4*-4 -3 -3 -3_
Five mile an hour with a-lu-mi-num sides
4 4 4 4*_ 4 4*-4 -3 -3_
Wood pan-el-ing with a wa-ter slide
4 -3 4 -3 3 -3 -4 3 -3__
Can’t beat the heat, so let’s take a ride
-7 7 -7_6 6_-6*__
On the pon_-toon___
-6* -7 -7 -6* -7 -7 -6* 6 6 6 5*_5
Mak-ing waves and catch-ing rays up on the roof
-6* 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 -6* 6 6 6_7*
A–Jump-ing out the back Don’t act like you don’t want to__
7* 7* -6* 6 2-2* 2
Par-ty in slow mo- tion
-3_-7 -7 7 7 6 6 5_5*__ 5* -3 4* 3_-3_4*
Out__ here in the o-pen Mmm,__ mo-tor-boat-ing____
-3 3 -3_ 55*_6 6 -6 -7___
On the pon-toon_ Ooh ooh ooh__
-3 3 -3_ 55*_6 6 -6 -7
On the pon-toon_ Ooh ooh ooh
5* 6 55* -4 -3 -3 -2* 4* 44*gliss3
Back this hitch out in-to the wa-ter_____
-3 3 -3 55* 6 -6* -7___ 6 -6* -7___
On the pon-toon Ooh ooh ooh__ Ooh ooh ooh__