The Girl I Left Behind Me

by 19th C. Irish folk song · posted by WaltP

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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)

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Tab

THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME 
19th C. Irish folk song
Key: D
Time: 2/4

7-7  -6   6   5   4  -4   4   -3”
The hour was sad, I left the maid
-3 4     4   4 -4 5 -5  6   5
A lin-g’ring fare-well tak-ing
7-7  -6    6    5   4   -4   4   -3”
Her sighs and tears my steps de-layed
4   -3    -4    3  -3”-3  4    4
I thought her heart was break-ing
6-5 5   6    -6   -7   7   6    5
In hur-ried words her name I blessed
4    5      6   -6   -7   7   -7
I breathed the vows that bind me
7-7 -6 6    5   4  -4   4     -3”
And to my heart in an-guish pressed
4   -3 -4  3  -3”-3 4  4
The girl I left be-hind me

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