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I didn't originally intend to post this.  It was for my own reference,
a person in another forum was asking about tabs for this, so here it is.

/ and  mean bend up to the note or bend down from the note. (The backward
slash I typed above wouldn't show up when I posted the tab.) "g" means gliss.
Well, none of the backslashes show up.  Just listen to the video.


                             G Harp     
 -4   -6 -1  -2”  -3’ -2” -1  -1            
There is  a house in   New Or-leans                
                                                   
 -4   -4  -4   4  -3’ -3’                          
They call the Ris-ing Sun                         
                                                  
 -4 -4    -4  -4   4   -3’ -3” -1  X   -2”
And it's been the ruin of   ma- ny poor boy       

-1  -1 -1-1’  -1’ -1
And God I know I'm one                            

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-4  -4  -4   4 -3’ -2” -1
My  mo-ther was a   tai-lor 

 -4  -4   -4  4   -3”/-3’
She sewed my new blue-jeans

 -(gliss from -6)-
-8 -8  -8  -8  7  /-6  /-6 -4  -5
My fa-ther was a gamb-   lin' man 

 -4  -4  4  -3’ (-4 -5) -4
Down in New Or-   leans 

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-8  -8  -8 -8   7  -6  6   -4   -5
Now the on-ly thing a gam-bler needs 

-8 -8  -8   -8   7 -6 -6
Is  a suit-case and a trunk 

-8  -8  -8 -8  7   g-6  g-6  -4  -5
And the on-ly time he's sa- tis-fied 

(-4 -5) -4  -4   -4’ -3’(-4 -5) 
  Is   when he's on   a  drunk

****************************Low D Harp
                                            
-4   -2   -2  -3’  -2    4   -3              
Oh mother go tell your chil-dren  

-2 -3’ -2 4 -3  -2 -3’ 4  (-4 -5 shake)
Oh not to  do  what I have  done 


-4 (-4 -5)   -2   -3   4   -3   -2  -3’ 4  -2 
Oh  spend   your lives in  sin  and mi-se- ry 

 -1  -1   -2 -2” -1’  -2  
Down in    New   Or-leans

*************************Solo   D Harp 
-2 -3” -3’ -3” -4 -3 -2
             ~
/-4 -5g -2 -3” 4

-2 -3” -3’ -3” -4 -3 -2
            ~
/-4 -3 -2 -3” 4 -4

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-4’ -4 /-5 5 -4 4 -3’ -2

-2 -2 -2 -4’ 4 -3’ -2 
 ~   
-3 -2  -2” -2 -3’ -2
               ~
-1’ -1 -2” -2 -3’ 4 -3’ /-4 -5 6  -5 -4 4 -3’

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-4 -5 6 /-6 6 -5 6 -5 4 -4

-2 -3’ -4 -2   -2 -2” -2 -4

-4’ -4 /-5  -4 -5 -4 /-5 
                   --slide---          --(7X)--
-4 -4’ -4 -4’ -4 -4’ -3’  -4’ -4 -5 -4   -5
                               
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9 8 -8 8 -8 -9 7 -6 6
-5 -4’ 4 -3’ -3” -2    -3’ 4 -3’ 
-5 /-4 -5 -2  -3// -2 -3’ -2”/-2” -1 -2”
-1 -2”/ -3’/ 4 -3’ -5 -4’ -4//
/-4 4 -3’ -2 -2”/ -3’ -2

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/(-4 -5) /(-4 -5) /(-4 -5)  /-4  /-4  /-4

                ~         -5 (6X.  Different speeds.)
-4 -4 4 -3’ -2 -3” 4 -3” [-4  -5 -4 -3]

-4 (-3 -4) (-3’ -4’)/// (-4 -5)

56 6 6 -5 -4  -5 6 -5 -6’
                            ~
6 -5 -4 56 -5 -4 -4’ 4 -3” -3’

-4’ -4 -5  -4’ -4 -4’ -3 -2 -3”

-3’ 4 -3’ -2 -3’ 4 -3’

-5 4 -4 4 -3 -2 -1 

-4’ -3” -2 -2” -2 -2” -1/ -2 -2” -1 -2”

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/9 /9 /9     9 -10 9  10’ /10 /10 /10

9 -10 9 /10 /10    /10 /10 /10 /10

9 /9 /9      9 -10 9 /10 /10
                              
9 -10 9 /10 /10 /10     /9 8  -8 9

****************************G Harp

 -4   -6  -1  -2” -3’ -2”  -1  -1            
I’ve  got one foot on  the plat-form 

-4 -4  -4  4  -3”  -3’
The o-ther on the train 

-4  -4 -4   4   -3’ -3” -1  -2”
I'm go-in' back to   New Or-leans 

-1’ -1   -1  -1’  -1’  -1
To wear that ball and chain 

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 -4   -4 -4   4   -3’ -2” -1’ -1
There is  a house  in  New Or-leans 

 -4   -4   -4  4  -3” -3’
They call the Ris-ing Sun 

-8    -8  -8   7   -6 -6 -4 -5
It's been the ruin of ma-ny boy 

-4 -4  4   -3’ -4
God I know I'm one

************************Low D Harp
Play softly:

Mostly half notes:

  -1        -2 -3” 4 -4
(1/16th note) 

-2 -3” 4 -2

  -1        -2 -3” 4 -4
(1/16th note) 

-2 -1   -2
       (3 beats)

Repeat