Brother Did You Weep?

by Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl · posted by g0th_c0mmie

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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 7 -6 -6 -7 6 -6
Disc of sun in the belching smoke

-6 -7 7 -8 8 7 -7
Blazing huts where children choke

-8 -8 8 -8 -8 -7 7
Burning flesh and blackened blood

7 -6 -7 -7 6 -6 -7 -6
Charred and blistered like smould'ring wood

-6 7 -7 7 -7 -6 -7 6 -6
Oh brother, oh brother did you weep?

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Oh brother, oh brother can you sleep?