The Star OF County Down (3rd pos)

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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 STAR OF COUNTY DOWN 3rd pos
Irish folk song
Key: Em
Harp: C

 -3  -4  5    5     5
Near to Ban-bridge town 
-4  5   6   6   -6
in the Coun-ty Down 
6 -6  -7  -66 5  -4-3-4
on a morn-ing in Ju-ly. 
 -3 -4 5   5     5
Down a bo-reen green 
 -4  5   6    6   -6
came a sweet cai-leen 
 6  -6    -7   -6  6    5    5  5
and she smiled as she passed me by 
-7  -7    -8   -7  -7
Oh, she looked so neat 
 -6   6  -6   -6    -6
from her two white feet 
6  -6   -7   -6  6   5   -4 -3 -4
to the sheen of her nut brown hair 
 -3 -4  5    5   5
Such a coax-ing elf 
-4  5    6   6   -6
had to shake my self 
-6  -6   -7 -6  6   5   5    5
to make sure I was real-ly there 
-7  -7  -8  -7  -7  -6 6  -6  -6  -6
Oh from Ban-try Bay up to Der-ry Quay 
 6   -6  -7  -6  6   5  -4 -3 -4
and from Gal-way to Dub-lin town 
-3-4 5   5    5    -4   5    6    6   -6
No maid I've seen like the brown cai-leen 
 6  -6 -7  -6  6   5   5   5
that I met in the Coun-ty Down

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