Tipperary Recruiting Song (hi-lo)

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

TIPPERARY RECRUITING SONG hi-lo
19th C. Irish folk song
Key: E
Time: 6/8

  6   4   4    4   -4 5  -4 6    6
  9   7   7    7   -8 8  -8 9    9
‘Tis now we’d want to be wa-ry, boys

 3  3    4    4   4   4  -4
 6  6    7    7   7   7  -8
The re-cruit-ers are out in

 5   4  -4 6   6
 8   7  -8 9   9
Tip-per-ar-y, boys

3   3   4   4  4   5
6   6   7   7  7   8
If they of-fer a glass,

  5    -5  -5  -5   6
  8    -9  -9  -9   9
We’ll wink as they pass

  3    4    4    4    4
  6    7    7    7    7
We’re old birds for chaff

-4  5  -5  5  4   4
-8  8  -9  8  7   7
In Tip—per-ar-y, boys

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