Don't Bet Your Money On de Shanghai
by Stephen Foster · posted by Turkey_Man
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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.
4 4 5 6 6 7 7 -7 7 -8 -7 -6
De Shang-hai chick-en when you put him in de pit
-7 7 -7 7 6 -6 6 -5 5 5 -4 4 -4
He’ll eat a loaf of bread up but he can’t fight a bit
4 4 5 6 6 7 7 -7 7 -8 -7 6
De Shang-hai fid-dle is a fun-ny lit-tle thing
-7 7 -7 7 6 -6 6 -5 5 5 -4 -4
And eb-ry time you tune him up he goes ching! ching!
Chorus
6 6 8 7
Oh! de Shang-hai!
-6 -6 -6’ -6 -7 7 -6 6 5
Don’t bet your mon-ey on de Shang-hai
4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 -7 7 -8 -7 6
Take de lit-tle chick-en in de mid-dle ob de ring
6 7 6 6 6 -6 6 -5 5 4
But don’t bet your mon-ey on de Shang-hai
I go to de fair to see de fun-ny fowls
De dou-ble head-ed pi-geon and de one eyed owls
De lame old goo-se wit no web be-tween his toes
He kills him-self a laugh-in’ when the Shang-hai crows
Chorus
De Shang-hai’s tall but his ap-pe-tite is small
He’ll on-ly swal-low eb-ry thing he can ov-er-haul
Four bags of wheat just as cer-tain as your born
A bush-el of po-ta-toes and a tub full of corn
Chorus
Take de lit-tle chick-en in de mid-dle of de ring
But don’t bet your mon-ey on de Shang-hai!
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