Drunken sailor (a)
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- +
- 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)
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I have copyed the text from Jamtharp, but have altered the tabs a little and added some.
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What shal we do with the drunken sailor,
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What shal we do with the drunken sailor,
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 6
What shal we do with the drunken sailor,
-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 -8
Earl-aye in the morning?
7 -6 6 5 -4 -4
Chorus:
Way hay and up she rises
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Way hay and up she rises
6 6 6 6 4 5 6
Way hay and up she rises
-6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 -8
Earl-aye in the morning
7 -6 6 5 -4 -4
(Alternative for slower folks)
Sling him in the long boat till he's sober,
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Sling him in the long boat till he's sober,
6 6 6 4 5 6
Sling him in the long boat till he's sober,
-6 -6 -6 -7 7-8
Earl-aye in the morning?
7 -6 6 5 -4 -4
Sling him in the long boat till he's sober,
2. Keep him there and make 'im bale 'er.
3. Pull out the plug and wet him all over,
4. Take 'im and shake 'im, try an' wake 'im.
5. Trice him up in a runnin' bowline.
6. Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end.
7. Give 'im a dose of salt and water.
8. Stick on 'is back a mustard plaster.
9. Shave his belly with a rusty razor.
10. Send him up the crow's nest till he falls down,
11. Tie him to the taffrail when she's yardarm under,
12. Put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him.
13. Soak 'im in oil till he sprouts flippers.
14. Put him in the guard room till he's sober.
15. Put him in bed with the captain's daughter*).
16. Take the Baby and call it Bo'sun.
17. Turn him over and drive him windward.
18. Put him in the scuffs until the horse bites on him.
19. Heave him by the leg and with a rung console him.
20. That's what we'll do with the drunken sailor.
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound
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