Bound For The Rio Grande (2nd pos)
by 19th C. English Sea Chantey · 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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BOUND FOR THE RIO GRANDE 2nd pos
19th C. English sea chantey
Key: D
Time: 6/8
Harp: G
-1 3 3 3 -3 -3
-4 6 6 6 -7 -7
Oh, say have ye ev-er
-3 -3” 3 -3” 3
-7 -6 6 -6 6
Been down Ri-o Grande
-4 -3 5 -4
-8 -7 8 -8
Way for Ri-o
-4 5 6 5 -4 4
-8 8 9 8 -8 7
It’s there that the riv-er
-3 4 -4 4 -3
-7 7 -8 7 -7
Flows down gold-en sand
3 -3” -3 -3” -3-3”3-3” 3
6 -6 -7 -6 -7 -66-6 6
And we’re bound for the Ri-o Grande
3 -3”-3 -3” 3 -3” 3
6 -6 -7 -6 6 -6 6
Then a-way, bul-lies a-way
-4 -3 5 -4
-8 -7 8 -8
Way for Ri-o
-4 5 6 5 -4 4 -3 4 -4 4 -3
-8 8 9 8 -8 7 -7 7 -8 7 -7
So fare ye well me pret-ty young gal
3 -3” -3 4 -3-3”3-3” 3
6 -6 -7 7 -7 -66-6 6
And we’re bound for the Ri-o Grande