Charlie Mopps (hi-lo)

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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

CHARLIE MOPPS hi-lo
English folk song
Key: D
Time: 6/8

6-5 5   5   5 5
9-9 8   8   8 8
A long time a-go

 5   5   5  -4  4  3
 8   8   8  -8  7  6
Way back in his-to-ry

 7    7   7    7  7    7    6
 10  10   10  10  10  10    9
When all they had to drink was

 -6  -6   6   -5  5  -4
 -10 -10  9   -9  8  -8
Noth-ing but cups of tea

6  7    7   7  7
9  10   10 10 10
a-long came a man

6   6   -6  -5   7  -6    6
9   9   -10 -9  10  -10   9
by the name of Char-lie Mopps

 5  6  6   6   6  6  6   6   6    6
 8  9  9   9   9  9  9   9   9    9 
and he in-vent-ed a won-der-ful drink

 6  -5  5   5   5   -4  -4  4
 9  -9  8   8   8   -8  -8  7
and he gave it the name of hops

6  -5    5   5  5   5  5    5
9  -9    8   8  8   8  8    8
oh, he ought-a been an ad-m’ral

5  5   5  -4 4  3
8  8   8  -8 7  6
a sul-tan or a king

 7  7   7    7   6
10  10 10   10   9
and to his prais-es

-5   6    -5  5    -4
-9   9    -9  8    -8
we should al-ways sing

6    7    7   7   7   7    7  6
9    10   10  10 10   10  10  9
oh, look what he has done for us

 6     -6   -5 7   -6    6
 9     -10  -9 10  -10   9
he’s filled us up with cheer

 6     6    6    6    6
 9     9    9    9    9
Lord bless Char-lie Mopps

-5   5   5  5   -4  -4  4
-9   8   8  8   -8  -8  7
The man who in-vent-ed beer,

       -10   9  -10    10         -10
 -7    -6    6  -6 -7  7     -7    -6
Beer, beer, did-dle-y beer, beer, beer

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