Barb'ry Ellen (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

BARB’RY ELLEN hi-lo
Carter Sizemore
Key: E
Time: 3/4

3   4    5   5     6   6  5   4
6   7    8   8     9   9  8   7
In Scar-let Town where I was born

  5   -6  7  -6   6     5    6
  8   -10 10 -10  9     8    9
There was a fair maid dwell-ing

 6   -6  6    5   -34  6   5  3
 9   -10 9    8   -77  9   8  6
Made ev-‘ry youth cry Well-a-day

 3   -3”  4  -3   3   -3” 4
 6   -6   7  -7   6   -6  7
Her name was Bar-b’ry El-len

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