Molly Brannigan (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

MOLLY BRANNIGAN hi-lo
Irish folk song
Key: D

5  -5  -5  -5  -5   5  5   5   5
8  -9  -9  -9  -9   8  8   8   8
Ma’am dear did you nev-er hear of 

 -4  4  -4  5   -4  4  -3”
 -8  7  -8  8   -8  7  -6
Pret-ty Mol-ly Bran-ni-gan

-3  4 -4   -3”   -3”  3   -3”
-7  7 -8   -6    -6   6   -6
In throth then she’s left me

 4   5   -4  4  -4 5 -4  4  -3”
 7   8   -8  7  -8 8 -8  7  -6
And I’ll nev-er be a man a-gain

-5 -5  -5  -5 -5  5
-9 -9  -9  -9 -9  8
Not a spot on my hide

 5   5 -4    4   -4   5   -4  4  -3”
 8   8 -8    7   -8   8   -8  7  -6
Will a sum-mer’s sun e’er tan a-gain

 -3    4   -4   4   -3”  3   -3”
 -7    7   -8   7   -6   6   -6
Since Mol-ly’s gone and left me

 4  -4  5   -4  4   4
 7  -8  8   -8  7   7
Here a-lone for to die

 4    4     4   5    6    6
 7    7     7   8    9    9
The place where my heart was

  6   -6  -5 7  -6  6   5  4
  9   -10 -9 10 -10 9   8  7
You’d ais-y rowl a tur-nip in

 -4  5   -5   -5 -5   5   5
 -8  8   -9   -9 -9   8   8
‘Tis as large as all Dub-lin

 5   5   -4   4  -4  5  -4   4    -3”
 8   8   -8   7  -8  8  -8   7    -6
And from Dub-lin to the Div-il’s Glen

-4  5   -5    -5  -5  -5  5  5
-8  8   -9    -9  -9  -9  8  8
If she wish’d to take an-oth-er

 5    5   -4    4    -4   5    -4  4  -3”
 8    8   -8    7    -8   8    -8  7  -6
Sure she might have left mine back a-gain

-3   4   -4   4   -3”  3   -3”
-7   7   -8   7   -6   6   -6
And not have gone and left me

 4  -4  5   -4  4   4
 7  -8  8   -8  7   7
Here a-lone for to die

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