Billy Boy (chrom)

by 19th C. American 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)

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Tab

BILLY BOY chrom

19^th C. American folk song

Key: A

Time: 2/4

5*-5 6 6 6 -7

O-h where have you been,
5* -5 6    6 -6* 6
Bil-ly Boy, Bil-ly Boy,
5*-5 6    6    6   -7
O-h where have you been,
-5    5* 5* -4
Charm-ing Bil-ly?
-4 5*   -5 -5 -5 -5 6
I have been to seek a wife,
6   -5 5*-4 5* -5 6
She's the jo-y of my life,
-7 -6* 6     5*
She's a young thing
6   6 -5   -4    3* -4 -3
and can-not leave her moth-er