Barbary Allen (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)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

BARBARY ALLEN 3rd pos
Trad. folk song
Key: F
Time: 3/4
Harp: Eb

-4  5   6  -6  -7  -6   65 -4
All in the mer-ry month of May
 -4  -4    5    6    -6  -7-6 65-4  5
 -6  -6    7   -7*   8   -9 8 -7*7-6 7
When the green buds they were swell-in’
-665   6   -4    5   -3 -3   -4  -3-3” 3
Young Wil-liam Green on his death bed lay
-3” –3”  -3  -4  5  -4-3 -3”-3”
For the love of Bar-b’ry Al-len

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