All Quiet Along The Potomac Tonight-12
by Ethyl Lynn Beers, John H. Hewitt · 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.
ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC TONIGHT 12th pos
W: Ethyl Lynn Beers
M: John H. Hewitt
Key: G
Time: 6/8
Harp: D
1 1 1 1 1 -1 1 1 -2” -3” -2”
All qui-et a-long the Po-to-mac to-night
-2” 3 2 1 1 -1 2 3 -2”
Ex-cept here and there a stray pick-et
1 1 1 1 1
Is shot as he walks
-1 1 1 -2” -3” -2”
on his beat to and fro
-2”-2”2 -3” -3” -2” -1 -3 -1 1
by a ri-fle-man hid in a thick-et
1 3 3 3 3 -2” 2 -2”
‘Tis noth-ing a pri-vate or two
3 -3” 1 1 1 -1
Now and then will not count
2 -2” -2” 2 -2” -3” 2
In the news of the bat-tle
1 1 -1 -1 -1 2
Not an of-fi-cer lost,
2 2 -2” 2 -3” -3’
On-ly one of the men
-3” -3” -2” -2” -2”-3”
Moan-ing out all a-lone
-3” 2 2 -2”
The death rat-tle
1 1 1 1 -2” -2” -2” 3 -3” 3 -2”
All qui-et a-long the Po-tom-ac to-night