Little Boy Blue (hi-lo)

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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

LITTLE BOY BLUE hi-lo
Trad. Folk
Key: F
Time: 6/8


 3   4  -3”  -3   -3”  3    -3”  -3
 6   7  -6   -7   -6   6    -6   -7
Lit-tle boy blue come blow your horn

  -3”     3   4  -4   5   -4
  -6      6   7  -8   8   -8
There’s sheep in the mead-ow

 4   5   -4  4   6
 7   8   -8  7   9
And cows in the corn

  6   5   4  -3” -3”  -3”  -5 -4  -3    3
  9   8   7  -6  -6   -6   -9 -8  -7    6
Where is the boy who looks af-ter the sheep

4   -3” -3  4   6   -5     5  -4   4
7   -6  -7  7   9   -9     8  -8   7
He lies in the hay-stack, fast a-sleep

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