The Dreary Black Hills

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+: 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

THE DREARY BLACK HILLS hi-lo
American folk song
Key: E
Time: 6/8

 3      3      4   4    4  4
 6      6      7   7    7  7
Kind friends, you must pit-y

4  -4  4  -3   4
7  -8  7  -7   7
My hor-ri-ble tale

 3  3  4   5   6   6  5
 6  6  7   8   9   9  8
I’m an ob-ject of pit-y

 5   5   -4    4    -4
 8   8   -8    7    -8
I’m look-ing quite stale

6  -6  -6 -6   6
9 -10 -10 -10  9
I gave up my trade

 5    5    -5     -5  -5    5
 8    8    -9     -9  -9    8
Sell-ing Wright’s Pat-ent Pills

5  5   4   -3”  3
8  8   7   -6   6
To go hunt-ing gold,

3   3   -3”  4  -4     4
6   6   -6   7  -8     7
In the drear-y Black Hills

  3   4  4  4
  6   7  7  7
Don’t go a-way

 4   4   -4  4   5   4
 7   7   -8  7   8   7
Stay at home if you can

 3   3  4   5    6    6  5
 6   6  7   8    9    9  8
Stay a-way from that cit-y

 4    5   -4  -4   -4
 7    8   -8  -8   -8
They call it Chey-enne

 6  -6  -6 -6  6  5
 9  -10 -10-10 9  8
For big Wal-i-pee or

5  -5  -5   5
8  -9  -9   8
Co-man-che Bill

 5    5    5   4   -3”  3
 8    8    8   7   -6   6
They will lift up your hair

3   3    -3” 4  -4     4
6   6    -6  7  -8     7
On the drear-y Black Hills

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