Down by the Riverside (low register)

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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

Down By The Riverside (low register)

       5   4  -4   3  -3   4   5
[I'm] gon-na lay down my bur- den

       5  5   -4  5  -4  4
     down by the riv-er-side

      -4  -4  4  -4  4   -3 
     down by the riv-er-side

       5  5   -4  5  -4  4
     down by the riv-er-side

       5  4   -4   3  -3  4    5
[I'm] gon-na lay down my bur- den

       5  5   -4  5  -4  4
     down by the riv-er-side

             -4    -4       -5  5  -4  4
    [ain't] gonna stud [-y] no war no more.

      4   -4   4    -5  -5  -5  -5  -5
[I] ain't gon -na  stud -y  war no more,

      6     -5        5   5  5  -4  4 
{alt: 9     -9        8   8  8  -8  7}
    ain't gon-[na] stud- y war no more,

      -3    4        -4   -4  -5   5   -4  5    -4   4 
{alt: -7    7        -8   -8  -9   8   -8  8    -8   7}
     ain't gon-[na] stud- y  that war  no more, no  more--

      4   -4   4    -5  -5  -5  -5  -5
[I] ain't gon -na  stud -y  war no more,

      6     -5        5  5  5  -4  4 
     ain't gon-[na] stud-y war no more,

      -3    4        -4  -4  -5   5  -4   5   
     ain't gon-[na] stud- y that war no more.

NOTE:  On the opening three syllables in lines 1 and 5, "[I'm] gon- na lay", any of {-4,4,-4}, {5,-4,5}, or (5,4,5} works.  I suppose it depends on how you first heard the song.

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