The Drunken Sailor

by 19th C. American sea chantey · 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 DRUNKEN SAILOR 
19th C. American Sea Chantey
Key: D
Time: 2/4

  6   6     6    4   5  6
‘Way hay, ‘n’up she ris-es
-5  -5   -5   -5  -5     -3  -4  -5
Pat-ent blocks o’ dif-f’rent siz-es
  6   6     6   -6  -7  7
‘Way hay, ‘n’up she ris-es
-7   6  -5  -4  4   4
Ear-lye in the morn-in’
 6     6   6  6  6   6   6   4   5   6
What shall we do wi’ a drunk-en sail-or
 -5   -5  -5  -5 -5 -5  -5   -3  -4  -5
What shall we do wi’ a drunk-en sail-or
 6     6   6  6  6   6   6   -6  -7  7
What shall we do wi’ a drunk-en sail-or
-7   6  -5 -4   4   4
Ear-lye in the morn-in’

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