La Marseillaise (France National Anthem)

by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle · posted by rodrigobusta

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Listen to the song— a recording linked by the tab’s author

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

3  3    3  4   4  -4 -4 6  5   4
Al-lons en-fan-ts de la Pa-tri-e

4  5    4  3      -5  -4 -3 4
Le jour de gloire est ar-ri-vé!

4   -4  5    5  5  -5 5   5  -4
Con-tre nous de la ty-ran-ni-e

-4  5   -5   -5  -5    6   -5 5
L'é-ten-dard san-glant est le-vé

6   6   6   5 4   6     5   4  3
L'é-ten-dard__san-glant est le-vé

3  3   -3  -4   -5   -4  -3  -4  4
En-ten-dez-vous dans nos cam-pag-nes

-3 4b  4   4  4  -3   4  -4
Mu-gir ces fé-ro-ces sol-dats?

-4  5b   5    5   5   -5   6   -4
Ils vien-nent jus-que dans vos bras

5b  -4  4   4   4    5b -4  4   4   -3 
É - gor-ger vos fils,__ vos com-pag-nes!

6   6  6   5  4   -4
Aux ar-mes ci-toy-ens

6   6   6   5  4    -4
For-mez vos ba-tail-lons

3   4      -4  5
Mar-chons, mar-chons

-5    6    -6 -4
Qu'un sang im-pur

-6  6    5  -5  -4  4
A - breu-ve nos sil-lons

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound