Revolutionary Tea (hi-lo)

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+: 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

REVOLUTIONARY TEA hi-lo
American folk song
Key: E
Time: 6/8

  3    3  4   4  4  4
  6    6  7   7  7  7
There was an old la-dy

  4  -4  5  -4  -4
  7  -8  8  -8  -8
Lived o-ver the sea

 5  -5  -4  -4 4-3 4    -4
 8  -9  -8  -8 7-7 7    -8
And she was an Is-land Queen

 3    3    4    4    4
 6    6    7    7    7
Her daugh-ter lived off

-3 4 -45  -4   -4
-7 7 -88  -8   -8
In a new coun-trie

 -4  -4 -4 5   -4 4  -3  -3”  3
 -8  -8 -8 8   -8 7  -7  -6   6
With an o-cean of wa-ter be-tween

 3  -4  4   -3   -3  -3”
 6  -8  7   -7   -7  -6
The old la-dy’s pock-ets

 3    3 4 5   -4
 6    6 7 8   -8
Were full of gold

-4  -4  5  -5   5   6   5  -4
-8  -8  8  -9   8   9   8  -8
But nev-er con-tent-ed was she

-4 -4    5    -4  4   -5    5
-8 -8    8    -8  7   -9    8
So she called on her daugh-ter

-4  6  -5  5 -6
-8  9  -9  8 -10
To pay her a tax

-6   6    -5   5  -5   5  -4   5
-10  9    -9   8  -9   8  -8   8
Of three pence a pound on her tea

-6   6     5   4   3   5  -4   4
-10  9     8   7   6   8  -8   7
Of three pence a pound on her tea

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