On the Banks of the Old Raritan

by Howard Fullerton, Rutgers class of 1873 · posted by bluesbrother

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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

5    55     5   5 -4  5  -4  4 
My father sent me to old Rutgers
4    -4 5     5   -6  6    -5 5 -4
And resolved that I should be a man
5  5   55     6    5  5   -5 -5  -5-5    -6
So I settled down in that noisy college town
4  -4   5    5   5   -4  -5 -4 4
On the banks of the old Raritan
4   -4   5    5  5   5  -4 -4 5  -4  4
On the banks of the old Raritan, my friend
4     -4   6  6   -6 -6 6   -5    -4
Where old Rutgers evermore shall stand
6-6  5   5   5    6    5    5    -5   -5  -5 -6  
For has she not stood since the time of the flood
4   -4  5     5  5   -4  5 -4 4
On the banks of the old Raritan

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