Mermaid Song (hi-lo)

by 18th C. Irish sea chantey · 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

MERMAID SONG hi-lo
18th C. Irish sea chantey
Key: G

  3    5  5-4  4    4  -44 -3-3” 3
  6    8  8-8  7    7  -87 -7-6  6
‘Twas Fri-day morn when we set sail

 3  3   -3”  4  -3   -4  -4   4
 6  6   -6   7  -7   -8  -8   7
And we were not far from the land

 3    3   5  5 -4   4   4  -4  4 -3-3” 3
 6    6   8  8 -8   7   7  -8  7 -7-6  6
When our cap-tain spied a love-ly mer-maid

 3   3  -3”  4  4  -3   -4 -4   4
 6   6  -6   7  7  -7   -8 -8   7
With a comb and a glass in her hand

3   3  3  3    -3”   3   4
6   6  6  6    -6    6   7
Oh the o-cean waves may roll

 4  -4    5   5  5    4   -4
 7  -8    8   8  8    7   -8
And the storm-y seas may blow

 4 -4 5  5 -4  4    4  4
 7 -8 8  8 -8  7    7  7
While we poor sail-ors go

 -4   4   -3 -3”  3
 -8   7   -7 -6   6
Skip-ping to the top

 3   3   -3”  4   4
 6   6   -6   7   7
And the land-lub-bers 

-3   -4  -4  4  -4  5  -5  6
-7   -8  -8  7  -8  8  -9  9
Lie down be-low be-low be-low

 3   3   -3”  4   4   -3   -4  -4  4
 6   6   -6   7   7   -7   -8  -8  7
And the land-lub-bers lie down be-low

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