The Cruel Youth (hi-lo)

by 17th 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)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

THE CRUEL YOUTH hi-lo
17th C. American folk song
Key: D
Time: 3/4

  1    2  2   2   -1  1  1    1
  4    5  5   5   -4  4  4    4
There was a youth, a cru-el youth

3   -3”  -3”-3”3 -2”  3
6   -6   -6 -6 6 -5   6
He lived be-side the sea

 3   -3” -3” -3” -3  4   4 -3”3
 6   -6  -6  -6  -7  7   7 -6 6
Six pret-ty maid-ens he drown-ed

  2   1   2   3   -3”3 2 -1   1
  5   4   5   6   -6 6 5 -4   4
There by the lone-ly wil-low tree

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound