Mrs. Murphy's Chowder

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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)

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Tab

MRS. MURPHY’S CHOWDER
Irish folk song
Key: D

 -6*  -6   -6*   -3    -6*  -6   -6*   -3
Won’t you bring back, won’t you bring back
-6* -6*  7   -6*  -6*   6
Mis-sus Mur-phy’s chow-der
6  -5*  6   -7   6  -5*   6   -7
It was tune-ful, ev-‘ry spoon-ful
 6    6  -6* 6   6   -5
Made you yo-del loud-er
-5  6  -6* -5  6   5* -3
Af-ter din-ner Un-cle Ben 
 -5  6   -6* -5   6    5*  -3
Used to fill his foun-tain pen
 -3 -4  -3   3  -2* -3  -5   -6*   6   -5
From a plate of Mis-sus Mur-phy’s chow-der
-3 -3  -5   -5     -5   -5    -5   -5
It had ice cream, cold cream, ben-zine, 
-5 -5  -5    -5   -5      -5    -5
Gas-o-line, soup beans, string beans
  6   -5   5* -4  -3
Float-ing all a-round
  -5    -5    -5   -5    -5   -5
Sponge cake, beef steak, mis-take,
 -5  -5   -5    -5    -5    -5   -5
Stom-ach ache, cream puffs, ear-muffs, 
 6 -5 5* -4  -3
Man-y to be found
 6    6     -4   -4    6    6    -4 -4  -4
Silk hats, door-mats, bed slats, Dem-o-crats
6  5*  -3     6    -3
Co-co bells, door bells
 6   -5  5* -4  -3
Beck-on you to dine
 -5   -5     -5   -5     -5   -5
Meat balls, fish balls, moth balls
-5  -5   -5    -6* -6* -6*
Can-non balls, come on in
-5   -6*   6    -5
The chow-der’s fine

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