Get Up, Jack! (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

GET UP, JACK! Hi-lo
19th C. American folk song
Key: D


  4    4   5    4   -3    4  -4
  7    7   8    7   -7    7  -8
Ships may come and ships may go

-4  6   6   6  -5   -3   4
-8  9   9   9  -9   -7   7
As long as the sea does roll

 3    4   4   5   4    -3   4  -4
 6    7   7   8   7    -7   7  -8
Each sail-or lad like-wise his dad

-4   6    6    -5  -3   4
-8   9    9    -9  -7   7
He loves that flow-ing bowl

5  -5 -5  -5   5   -5 -5 -5
8  -9 -9  -9   8   -9 -9 -9
A lass a-shore he does a-dore

 5   5   5   -4    4   3 6
 8   8   8   -8    7   6 9
One that is plump and round

 3   3    3   4  4  4   5
 6   6    6   7  7  7   8
But when his mon-ey is gone

  4   4   -3   4   -4
  7   7   -7   7   -8
It’s the same old song



 6  6    6      -5   -3   4
 9  9    9      -9   -7   7
Get up, Jack!  John, sit down

 6   6  6     6   6  6
 9   9  9     9   9  9
Come a¬-long, come a-long

5  -5  -5  -5    -5
8  -9  -9  -9    -9
My jol-ly brave tars

  -4     5   5   -4  4   4   3
  -8     8   8   -8  7   7   6
There’s lots of grog in the jar

  3     4     4   4  4 -3  -4
  6     7     7   7  7 -7  -8
We’ll plough the brin-y o-cean 

 6     6    6  6  -5  -3   4
 9     9    9  9  -9  -7   7
With those jol-ly rov-ing tars

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