The Green Grass Growing All Around (hi-lo)

by Barney · 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)

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Tab

THE GREEN GRASS GROWING ALL AROUND hi-lo
Trad. folk song
Barney
Key: G
Time: 2/4

3    4     4    4  4  -3”
6    7     7    7  7  -6
Oh, once there was a tree

  3    3   4     4    4   4   -3”
  6    6   7     7    7   7   -6
‘Twas the pret-tiest lit-tle tree

 3   3  4  4   4  4  -3”
 6   6  7  7   7  7  -6
Did you ev-er see a tree

 3   3   4   4   4    -3”
 6   6   7   7   7    -6
And the tree in the ground

 3   3    4      4    -4  -4
 6   6    7      7    -8  -8
And the green, grass grow-ing 

-4 -4   5     6  6   6
-8 -8   8     9  9   9
All a-round, all a-round

-5    5     5    -4  -4  -4 -4   4
-9    8     8    -8  -8  -8 -8   7
The green grass grow-ing all a-round


 3  4   4    -3”   3    4  4  -3”
 6  7   7    -6    6    7  7  -6
Now on this tree there was a limb

-3”  4     4    4   4   -3”
-6   7     7    7   7   -6
The pret-tiest lit-tle limb

 3   3  4  4   4  4  -3”
 6   6  7  7   7  7  -6
Did you ev-er see a limb

-3”  4   4   4   -3”
-6   7   7   7   -6
The limb on the tree

-3” -3”  4   4   4    -3”
-6  -6   7   7   7    -6
And the tree in the ground

 3   3    4     4    -4  -4
 6   6    7     7    -8  -8
And the green grass grow-ing

-4 -4   5     6  6   6
-8 -8   8     9  9   9
All a-round, all a-round

-5    5     5    -4  -4  -4 -4   4
-9    8     8    -8  -8  -8 -8   7
The green grass grow-ing all a-round

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