Wildwood Flower (Billygoat Riders)

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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

WILDWOOD FLOWER (as by The Billygoat Riders)

(Play along on G harmonica)

+5+5 -5    +6   -6   +7 +5 -5   +5  -4 +5   -4   +4
- Oh I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair

+5   -5  +6 -6 +7 +5   -5  +5  -4 +5  -4  +4
With the roses so red, and the lilies so fair

+6  +7   +8 +8  -8  +7     +6  +6  -6 +7 -6  +6
And the mirtles so bright with the e-me-rald dew

+4   -4   +5  +5  -4  +5 +6  +5   -4   +5   -4   +4
With the pale and the leader and eyes look like blue


2nd position

-3 +4 -4 +5 +6 -3 +4 -3 -3" -3 -3" -2

-3 +4 -4 +5 +6 -3 +4 -3 -3" -3 -3" -2

-4 +6 -7 -7 -6 +6 -4 -4 +5 +6 +5 -4

-2 -3" -3 -3 -3" -3 -4 -3 -3" -3 -3" -2


I will dance I will sing and my laugh shall be gay
I will charm every heart in each crown I will sway
When I woke from my dreaming my idols were clay
All portions of love had all blown away

Oh he taught me to love him and promised to love
And to cherish me over all others above
How my heart is now wondering no misery can tell
He's left me no warning no words of farewell

Oh he taught me to love him and call me his flower
That was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour
Oh I long to see him and regret the dark hour
He's gone and neglected his pale wildwood flower

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