The Farmer Is The Man (hi-lo)

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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 FARMER IS THE MAN hi-lo
American folk song
Key: D
Time: 6/8

 5   -5   6   -6   6   5   4
 8   -9   9  -10   9   8   7
When the farm-er comes to town

 5   -5   6  -6  6   5   4
 8   -9   9 -10  9   8   7
With his wag-on bro-ken down

4   -4   5   -4 4  -3”  3
7   -8   8   -8 7  -6   6
Oh, the farm-er is the man

 3   -3   -4  4
 6   -7   -8  7
Who feeds us all

5   -5  6  -6  6    5   4
8   -9  9 -10  9    8   7
If we’d on-ly look and see

 5   -5   6    -6   6   5  4
 8   -9   9    -10  9   8  7
Well, I think that we’d a-gree

 4   -4   5   -4 4  -3”  3
 7   -8   8   -8 7  -6   6
That the farm-er is the man

 3   -3   -4  4
 6   -7   -8  7
Who feeds us all

 6   5   6  6  -6   6
 9   8   9  9  -10  9
The farm-er is the man

 6   5   6  6  -6   6
 9   8   9  9  -10  9
The farm-er is the man

  6   6   -6  6   -5   5   -4
  9   9  -10  9   -9   8   -8
Lives on cred-it till the fall

 5    -5   6   -6  6   5   4
 8    -9   9   -10 9   8   7
Then they take him by the hand

 5   -5   6   -6   6    5   4
 8   -9   9   -10  9    8   7
And they lead him from the land

 4  -4   5  -4    4   -3”  3
 7  -8   8  -8    7   -6   6
And the mid-dle man’s the one

 3   -3  -4  4
 6   -7  -8  7
Who gets it all

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