The Good Boy (hi-lo)

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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 hi-lo
By: Lemuel F. Parton
American folk song
Key: D
Time: 2/4

3  3    4  4  4    5
6  6    7  7  7    8
I have led a good life

 -4  4    4    4   4  4
 -8  7    7    7   7  7
Full of peace and qui-et

6   6    6   6   6  -4
9   9    9   9   9  -8
I shall have an old age

 -4  -4 -4  -4  -4 -4
 -8  -8 -8  -8  -8 -8
Full of rum and ri-ot

6  6    -6 -6  -6  -5
9  9   -10 -10 -10 -9
I have been a good boy

-5  -5  6    6   5   5
-9  -9  9    9   8   8
Wed to work and stud-y

3   3   4  4   4   5
6   6   7  7   7   8
I shall be an old man

-4  -4     4      4    4   4
-8  -8     7      7    7   7
Ri-bald, coarse, and blood-y

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