Nassau Bound (Sloop John B.)(chrom)

by Sea chantey from the Bahamas · 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

NASSAU BOUND chrom
Sloop John B.
Sea chantey from the Bahamas
Key: G

-1   -4   -4 -4   -4    4  -4
We sailed on the Sloop John B.
-1  -4   -4  -4   4  -4
My grand fa-ther and me
  -4   -4   4   -5 -4-3 3   -3
‘Round Nas-sau Town we did roam
 -1   2   -2*   3
Drink-in’ all night
 3  3  -3 -4  4
Got in-to a fight
4  -4  -3  -4   3 -3 -3  3  -2* 3
I feel so break up I wan-na go home
  -1    -4 -4  -4   -4
There’s no bet-ter place 
 -4 -4  2    2   2
Than a sail-ing ship
2  -2* -2*-2*2 2   -1
To get an ed-u-ca-tion
-1   -4   -4 -4  -4   4    4    2
You learn to tar the rat lines down
  3    -2*  -1   2   -1  -1  3
While drink-in’ your rum ra-tion

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