Barb'ry Ellen (2nd pos)

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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

BARB’RY ELLEN 2nd pos
Carter Sizemore
Key: E
Time: 3/4
Harp: A

-1  3   -3   -3   -4  -4 -3   3
-4  6   -7   -7   -8  -8 -7   6
In Scar-let Town where I was born

 -4    5  6  5    -4   -3   -4
 -8    8  9  8    -8   -7   -8
There was a fair maid dwell-ing

 -4  5   -4  -3  -3”3  -4 -3 -1
 -8  8   -8  -7  -66   -8 -7 -4
Made ev-‘ry youth cry Well-a-day

-1   2    3  -3”  -1  2   3
-4   5    6  -6   -4  5   6
Her name was Bar-b’ry El-len

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound