The Begger (chrom)
by English Folk Song · 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.
THE BEGGER chrom
English folk song
Key: D
-56 -6* -5 -7 -5 -5 6 6 -5 -5 -5
I’d just as soon be a beg-ger as a king
-7 -7 -8 -8 -8 -9 -7 -7 -9
And the rea-son I’ll tell you for why
-7 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8
A king can-not swag-ger
-9 -7 -7 7 -6* -6*
Nor drink like a beg-ger
-5 6 -6*-55* -4 -4 6 -5
Nor be half so hap-py as I
-5 6 -6* -5 -5 -7
Let the back and the sides
-5 6 -5 -5
go bare, my boys
-7 -7 -8 -8 -8 -9 -7 -9
Let the hands and the feet gang cold
-7 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8
But give to the bel-ly,
-9 -7 7 -6*
boys, beer e-nough
-5 6 -6*-55* -4 6 -5
Wheth-er it be new or old