Cruising Down The River

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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)

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Tab

CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER (On a Sunday Afternoon) 
by Eily Beadell and Nell Tollerton
Blue Baron, Russ Morgan 
Key: F

 -3    3*  -3   3* -3  4
Cruis-ing down the riv-er 
-3*-3 3  -3  3  -2   -1
on a Sun-day af-ter-noon 
-1*   2  -1*  2
With one you love, 
-2   3 -2*  3   -2  -3  -5  -3   4
the sun a-bove wait-ing for the moon 
 1   4  -4  4   -4   -5   4
The old ac-cor-dion play-ing 
-3 3  -3  3  -2   -1
a sen-ti-men-tal tune 
  1   -1   -2   3  -3  4
Cruis-ing down the riv-er 
-3 4 -3   3  -1  2   -2
on a Sun-day af-ter-noon 

-2   -2  -2* 3   -2*  -2  -2* 3
The birds a-bove all sing of love, 
-2*-2 -2*   3   -3   3
a gen-tle sweet re-frain 
 3    3   3* -3    3*  3   3* -3 
The winds a-round all make a sound 
 3*   3   3*  -3  -2   3
like soft-ly fall-ing rain 

 1    4  -4  4 -4  -5  4
Just two of us to-geth-er, 
 -3     3 -3  3  -2  -1
we'll plan a hon-ey-moon 
  1   -1   -2   3  -3  4
Cruis-ing down the riv-er 
-3 4 -3   3  -1  2   -2
on a Sun-day af-ter-noon

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