Finnegan's Wake (hi-lo)

by Irish drinking song · 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

FINNEGAN’S WAKE hi-lo
Irish drinking song
Key: Em

 3   2  2   2    2   -1  2   -3”   -3”
 6   5  5   5    5   -4  5   -6    -6
Tim Fin-ne-gan lived in Walk-in’ Street

-3 4  -3 -3” -3”  3     2  -1 -1
-7 7  -7 -6  -6   6     5  -4 -4
A gen-tle I-rish man, might-y odd

3   2  2   2     -1   2   -3”  -3”
6   5  5   5     -4   5   -6   -6
He had a brogue both rich and sweet

-3” -3  4   -3 -3   -3”
-6  -7  7   -7 -7   -6
And to rise in the world,

3  -3”  -3”-3  4
6  -6   -6 -7  7
He car-ried a hod

 4   4   4  4  4  -4  -4   4   -3   -3”
 7   7   7  7  7  -8  -8   7   -7   -6
Now Tim had a sort o’ the tip-plin’ way

 3   3  4    4   4   4   4
 6   6  7    7   7   7   7
With a love for the liq-uor

 -4   4  -3   -3”
 -8   7  -7   -6
Poor Tim was born

3   4    4  4   -4  -4   4    -3  -3”
6   7    7  7   -8  -8   7    -7  -6
To help him on with his work each day

 3   3  -3”-3” -3”  -3”  3   -3” -3  4
 6   6  -6 -6  -6   -6   6   -6  -7  7
He’d a drop o’ the cray-thur ev-‘ry morn

  2    2   2   2  -1
  5    5   5   5  -4
Whack fol the darn O,

  2   -3” -3”  -3” -3
  5   -6  -6   -6  -7
Dance to your part-ner

  4   -3   -3”    -3   2    -1   -1
  7   -7   -6     -7   5    -4   -4
Whirl the floor, your trot-ters shake

 2   2  2  -1    2  -3” -3” -3
 5   5  5  -4    5  -6  -6  -7
Was-n’t it the truth I told you

 4   -3 -3” 3  -3  -3  -3    4
 7   -7 -6  6  -7  -7  -7    7
Lots of fun at Fin-ne-gan’s Wake

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