The Rocky Road to Dublin
by Irish folk song · posted by soyboy100
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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.
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In the merry month of May / From me home I started
-6 -6 +6 -5 -4 / +5 +4 +4 -4 -5 +6
Left the girls of Tuam / Nearly broken hearted
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Saluted father Dear / Kissed me darling mother
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Drank a pint of beer / Me grief and tears to smother
-6 -8 -8 -7 +7 / -6 -8 -8 -7 +7
Then off to reap the corn / Leave where I was born
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Cut a stout blackthorn / To banish ghosts and goblins
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A brand new pair of brogues / Rattlin o’er the bogs
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Frightenin’ all the dogs / On the rocky road to dublin
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One two three four five.
-6 -4 -4 +5 +6 / -6 -6 +6 +5 -4
Hunt the Hare and / Turn her down the rocky road
+5 +4 +4 -4 +5 -5 +6 / -6 -6 +6 +5 -4
And all the way to dublin / Whack fol lol le rah