The Good Boy (2nd pos)

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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

THE GOOD BOY 2nd pos
By: Lemuel F. Parton
American folk song
Key: D
Time: 2/4
Harp: G

-1 -1   3  3  3    -3
-4 -4   6  6  6    -7 
I have led a good life

 -3” 3    3    3   3  3
 -6  6    6    6   6  6
Full of peace and qui-et

-4  -4   -4  -4 -4  -3”
-8  -8   -8  -8 -8  -6
I shall have an old age

 -3” -3”-3” -3” -3”-3”
 -6  -6 -6  -6  -6 -6
Full of rum and ri-ot

-4 -4   5   5  5    4
-8 -8   8   8  8    7
I have been a good boy

 4  4   -4  -4  -3  -3
 7  7   -8  -8  -7  -7
Wed to work and stud-y

-1 -1   3  3   3  -3
-4 -4   6  6   6  -7
I shall be an old man

-3” -3”     3     3    3   3
-6  -6      6     6    6   6
Ri-bald, coarse, and blood-y

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound