Cryderville Jail (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)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

CRYDERVILLE JAIL hi-lo
American folk song
Key: D
Time: 3/4

 6   6    6   6 -5 5  -5  -5  -5 -5
 9   9    9   9 -9 8  -9  -9  -9 -9
Cry-der-ville jail is no jail at all

 5   5   5    5 6
 8   8   8    8 9
Lice in that jail

 6   -4  -4  -4   -4
 9   -8  -8  -8   -8
Are chew-in’ the wall

 5  -4  4   -3”3
 8  -8  7   -6 6
It’s a hard times

3   3   4   4    4   5 6
6   6   7   7    7   8 9
In the Cry-der-ville jail

 6    5   -4 4    -4   4
 9    8   -8 7    -8   7
It’s hard times, poor boy

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