Barbara Allen 2 (hi-lo)

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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

BARBARA ALLEN ver.2 hi-lo
Trad. Folk song
Key: C
Time: 3/4

1   2   -2”  3      -2” 2 -1   1
4   5   -5   6      -5  5 -4   4
In Scar-let Town, where I was born

-1    2  3  4    4    -3   3
 -4    5  6  7    7    -7   6
There was a fair maid dwell-in’

 -3  3   -3” -2”  3-3” 3   2  1
 -7  7   -6  -5   6-6  6   5  4
Made ev-‘ry youth cry well-a-day

-1   2    3  -3”  3   2   1
-4   5    6  -6   6   5   4
Her name was Bar-b’ra Al-len

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