Four Nights Drunk (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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FOUR NIGHTS DRUNK hi-lo
American folk song
Key: D

4  4    4    5   4  4   -3”
7  7    7    8   7  7   -6
I came home the oth-er night

3    4   4  4   5   6
6    7   7  7   8   9
As drunk as I could be

6 -6 -6  -6   -6 -6  6    5
9 -10-10 -10 -10 -10 9    8
I saw a horse in the sta-ble

  5   6   -5     5   -4 4
  8   9   -9     8   -8 7
Where my horse ought to be

3  3  4   4  4   4
6  6  7   7  7   7
So I said to my wife,

5   4   4   4   4   -3”
8   7   7   7   7   -6
My pret-ty lit-tle wife

 3    4    4   4   5    6
 6    7    7   7   8    9
Now won’t you tell me please

  -6    -6   -6  -6  6  5
 -10    -10  -10 -10 9  8
What’s this horse a-do-ing

 -5   6   -5     5   -4 4
 -9   9   -9     8   -8 7
Where my horse ought to be

 4   -4   5   -5   -6
 7   -8   8   -9   -10
She said you darn fool

-6    5   5   6     -5    6  -6 -5  5
-10   8   8   9     -8    8  -9 -8  8
You drunk-en fool, can’t you ev-er see

 5    -5  -5   6 -6  6    5
 8    -9  -9   9 -10 9    8
It’s noth-ing but a milk cow

5   6   -5  5   -4 4
8   9   -9  8   -8 7
My cous-in gave to me

 3      3   4     4    4    4     4  -3” 3
 6      6   7     7    7    7     7  -6  6
Well, I’ve trav-elled this wide world o-ver

 3   4     4    4   5   6
 6   7     7    7   8   9
Ten-thou-sand miles or more

 6  6 -6  -6  -6 -6 6    5
 9  9 -10 -10-10-10 9    8
But a sad-dle on a milk cow

5  6  -5  5   -4  4
8  9  -9  8   -8  7
I nev-er seen be-fore

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