The Cuckoo (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

THE CUCKOO hi-lo
English folk song
Key: Em
Time: 3/4

-3”  4   -3”4  4  2  3   3
-6   7   -6 7  7  5  6   6
The cuck-oo is a fun-ny bird

 2   -1   2   3   -3”
 5   -4   5   6   -6
She sings as she flies

 -3”     4   -3”  4    2  3 3
 -6      7   -6   7    5  6 6
She’ll bring you glad tid-ings

  2     -1   2  3   -3”
  5     -4   5  6   -6
She’ll tell you no lies

-3”  -3”  4    4   4   4   6    5
-6   -6   7    7   7   7   9    8
She sips from the pret-ty flow-ers

-4  4   -3    3    -3”
-8  7   -7    6    -6
To make her voice clear

-3”  -3”    4  -3” 4    2   3
-6   -6     7  -6  7    5   6
And she’ll nev-er sing cuck-oo

 3    2    -1   2   3   -3”
 6    5    -4   5   6   -6
Till the spring of the year

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