Et Sjømannsliv

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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

  6  6   6  5    6 6 6    6  6  5 -5 5   -4
Båten gjekk te Liverpool, pay me my money down
5  -5 5  -4 5   -55 -4   6 6  5   5  -4  4
Å skutå va ett vepsabol, pay me my money down

  6 6    6 6
Pay me, pay me
  6 6  5  -55 -4
Pay me my money down 
-4 -4    5 -5  5   6
Pay me, så sett eg seil
   5 5  6 5  -4  4
Pay me my money down

                                           
Redaren levde i sus å dus, pay me my money down
Kapteinen va ei gnitalus, pay me my money down

Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down 
Pay me, så sett eg seil
Pay me my money down

           
Eg seilte longt fart utenriks, pay me my money down
Å mannskapet va full av triks, pay me my money down


Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down 
Pay me, så sett eg seil
Pay me my money down

(Mellomsnakk)
                                      
I New York havna eg på bar, pay me my money down
Kor jentene e alltid klar, pay me my money down


Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down 
Pay me, så sett eg seil
Pay me my money down  [X2]

                                           
Ett sjømannsliv ei fine tid, pay me my money down
Men eg fekk aldri hyrå mi, pay me my money down


Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down 
Pay me, så sett eg seil
Pay me my money down  [X2]

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound