The Happy Wanderer

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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

THE HAPPY WANDERER
W: Antonia Ridge
M: Friederich W. Moller
Brave Combo
Key: Bb

6  6   6  6 -5 -5   5   5
I love to go a-wan-der-ing
5   5   5   6    5     -5
A-long the moun-tain track 
6   6 -7 -7 -7  7   6    6
And as I go, I love to sing
6   -6   -5  5  -4  4
My knap-sack on my back


Chorus

6   6  -7   6   6  7   6   6 -8
Val-de-ri, val-de-ra, Val-de-ra, 
6    6  8  -8  7   -7  7   -7  7
val-de-ra, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
-7 -6   6 -7   6   6  7
Ha Val-de-ri, val-de-ra
6   -6   -5  5  -4  4
My knap-sack on my back

I love to wander by the stream 
That dances in the sun
So joyously it calls to me
Come join my happy song

Val-eri, val-dera
Val-deri, val-dera
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Ha
Val-era
Come join my happy song

I wave my hat to all I meet
And They wave back to me
And blackbirds call so loud and sweet
From ev'ry green wood tree

Val-eri, val-dera
Val-deri, val-dera
Val-deri, val-dera

Oh, may I go a-wandering
Until the day I die
Oh, may I always laugh and sing
Beneath God's clear blue sky

Val-eri, val-dera
Val-eri, val-dera
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Ha
val-dera
Beneath the clear blue sky

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