Dunderbeck (hi-lo)

by 19th C. American folk song · posted by WaltP

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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

DUNDERBECK hi-lo
19th C. American folk song
Key: E
Time: 6/8

  3    4  4  4   -4    5   5   5
  6    7  7  7   -8    8   8   8
There was a man named Dun-der-beck

4   -4  -4-4 -3   4
7   -8  -8-8 -7   7
In-vent-ed a ma-chine

-4    5    5    5    -5  6   6    6
-8    8    8    8    -9  9   9    9
For grind-ing things to sau-sage meat

 6  -6 -4  -4  5   -4
 9 -10 -8  -8  8   -8
And it was run by steam

 6   -6    -6    -6  -5   6  6   6
 9  -10   -10   -10  -9   9  9   9
Now long tailed rats and pus-sy cats

 5   -5  5   -4  4   -4
 8   -9  8   -8  7   -8
Will nev-er more be seen

   3     4  4     4   -4  5   5    5
   6     7  7     7   -8  8   8    8
They’ll all be ground to sau-sage meat

4  -4  -4    4    -3   4
7  -8  -8    7    -7   7
In Dun-der-beck’s ma-chine

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