The Irish Rover

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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

Play it fast, drink Guiness, embelish it, take up the banjo and accompany yourself.


6   5    4    5 -5 6   7  -8   8   -8   -7  7 
On the fouth of July, eighteen hundred and six,
 -7  -6  6    -6  -5   5     -5   5  -4
 we set sail from the sweet port of cork

5   -4  4    5  -5 6  7   -8 8  -8 -7  7
we were sailing away with a cargo of bricks

-7   -6  6    -7 7  -8  -7  6   7
for the grand city hall in New York

6    6  7  7   -8   8
twas a wonderful craft, 

-8  -7   7      7    -6  6
she was rigged fore and aft

6    7  7  -8   8   -8 -7     7  -66
and Oh how the wild winds blowed her

-4     4  5   -5    6
She stood several blasts,

7   -8   8 7   -8 -7    7
She had twenty seven masts,

-7   -6   6     -7   7 -8  -7 6  7  7
And they called her the ir is h rover.

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