O'Donnell Aboo

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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

O’DONNELL ABOO
By: Michael Joseph McCann
Irish song circa 1840s
Key: A

 -3   4* -5   6   6   6   8*  -7  
Proud-ly the note of the trum-pet 
-6*  6    5*
Is sound-ing
 -5  -4 -5   5*  -3   5* -4  -4  4*  -4
Loud-ly the war cries a-rise on the gale
 -3   4* -5    6   6    6    8*  -7
Fleet-ly the steed by Lough Swil-ly
-6*  6    5*
Is bound-ing
5*  -4   7*  -7    -8    -8
To join the thick squad-rons
-7  7* -6*   -6*   6
In Sam-er’s green vale
-8 -8  -7  7*   -6*  6
On ev-‘ry moun-tain-eer
  -7   -7  -6*  6     5*  -3
Strang-ers to flight and fear
 -5  -5 -5    5*   6  5*
Rush to the stand-ard of 
 -4    -4   4*  -4
Daunt-less Red Hugh
-3    4*   -5   6  -6*   6
Bon-nought and Gal-low glass
  8*    -7  -6*   6    5*   -3
Throng from each moun-tain pass
-8 -8  -7  7*  6   7* -7   -7  7* -7
On for old Er-win, O’-Don-nell a-boo

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