The Tattletale Birdy (hi-lo)

by Red Dock, Florine & Aunt Fanny Dockery · 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

THE TATTLETALE BIRDY hi-lo
Red Dock, Florine & Aunt Fanny Dockery
Key: Em
Time: 3/4

-3” -3   4  -3” -3” -3   4  -3”
-6  -7   7  -6  -6  -7   7  -6
Lit-tle bir-dy, lit-tle bir-dy

4   5 -4  4  -3    -3”
7   8 -8  7  -7    -6
Oh where was you hatched

5 -6  -6   6 -5   5
8 -10 -10  9 -9   8
A-way down in a swamp

-3”-3 4  -4  -3  3   -3”
-6-7  7  -8  -7  6   -6
In a lit-tle hol-ly bush

5  -6   6 -5   6   5  -4  4
8  -10  9 -9   9   8  -8  7
Oh ginn-a-day and ginn-a-way

-3  -3” -3   4
-7  -6  -7   7
No time to stay

-4 -3”  4  -3”
-8 -6   7  -6
Oh did-dle-aye

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