Sally Brown

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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

 4   5   6    7 -7 -6  6   5 6    7   -8    8  
Sal-ly Brown is a cre-ole La-dy; Way Hey, Roll 

-8   7    8  -8    7    -6    6  5   -4  4   
and Go.  Sal-ly Brown is'a  Cre-ole La-day. 

  5    5  5  5  6   -4  5   4
Spend my mo-ney on Sal-ly Brown. 



Sally Brown

I shipped on board of a Liverpool liner
        Way, hay, roll and go
        And we rolled all night and we rolled till day
        To spend my money along with Sally Brown

Sally Brown is a nice young lady...

Her mother doesn't like her tarry sailor...

She wants her to marry a one-legged captain...

I shipped on board of a Liverpool liner...


This is a traditional capstan shanty, and in the public domain.

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