Old Oaken Bucket

by Tommy Sands, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · posted by WaltP

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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

OLD OAKEN BUCKET
W: Samuel Woodworth 
M: George Kialmark
Tommy Sands, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Key: G
Time: 3/8

-1   -4  -3  3   -4
How dear to the heart 
-3   3    -3   3  -3  -4    3
are the scenes of my child-hood
 3    3  -2*  2  -1   2
When fond re-col-lec-tion 
-4   -3    3   -3  3
Pre-sents them to view

-1  -4  -3     3   -4  -3
the or-chard, the mead-ow, 
 3   -3   3   -3   -4   3
the deep tan-gled wild-wood,
 3  3  -2*   2    -1 
And ev-'ry loved spot 
  3   -4 -3  3  -3  3
which my in-fan-cy knew

-1   -1    -1   -1   2
The wide spread-ing pond, 
-1  -1   -1   -1    -1  3  -1
and the mill that stood by it,
-1    -1   -1  -1   -4
The bridge and the rock 
  -3   3 -2* -3  1*   -1
where the ca-ta-ract fell;

-1  -4  -3  3   -4  -3  
The old oak-en buck-et
 3 -3  3   -3    -4  3
The i-ron bound buck-et
 3   3   -2*  2    -1  3
The moss cov-ered buck-et
 -4   -3  3  -3   3
That hung in the well

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