Ding Dong! Merrily on High

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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

A Christmas Carol with a little difficulty in the Gloria Hosanna region.

 4    4    -4  4 -3  3  3    3
Ding dong! merril-y on/high in/

  3     4    4   -3   4      4
heaven the bells are/ring - ing/

 4    4   -4  4 -3  3   3  3
Ding dong ver-il-y the/sky is/

 3     4   4   -3   4    4
riv'n with an-gels/sing-ing/

 6 -5 5 -5 6 5 -5 5 -4 5 -5 -4
Glo ----------/---------------/

 5 -4 4 -4 5 4 -4 4 -3 4 -4 -3
--------------/---------------/

 4 -3 3 -3 4 3 -3 3  3  3 
--------------/-- ri-a, Ho-/

  3  4  4  -3   4   4
-san-na in ex-/cel-sis//

v.2
And on earth below, below, let 
steeple bells be swungen,
And i-o, i-o, i-o, by priest 
and people sungen.

Glor------ Hosanna etc.

v.3
Pray you, dutifully prime your 
matin chime, you ringers
May you beautifully rhyme your 
eve-time song you singers. 

Glor------ Hosanna etc.

Yours harmusman

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