Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye (chrom)

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)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

JOHNNY I HARDLY KNEW YE chrom
19th C. Irish folk song
Key: Em
Time: 6/8

 -4   -4 6    6   6
While go-in' the road 
-6*  7   -6* 7   6  -5   -4  -5
to sweet Ath-y, hur-roo, hur-roo 
 -4   -4 6    6   6
While go-in' the road 
-6*  7   -6* 7  -7  -8    7  -8
to sweet Ath-y, hur-roo, hur-roo 
 7 -7 -8 -8  -8  -8-7 7   -7   -7 -7
While go-in' the road to sweet Ath-y 
-6* 7   7  7   7   -6* 6 -6* -6*-6*-6*7
A stick in me hand and a drop in me eye 
-7 -8  -8  -7  -7  7   7   -6*
A dole-ful dam-sel I heard cry, 
 -4  6  6  6   -5  6   6
John-ny I hard-ly knew ye

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