Poor Boy (chrom)

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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

POOR BOY chrom
American folk song
Key: G
Time: 3/4

-1 3  3    -3  -3 -5  -4  -4  3   -2
As I went down to the riv-er poor boy
-2  2   3   -3   3  -1
To see the ships go by, 
-1   3     3     3   3  -1   3   3   3
My sweet-heart stood on the deck of one
  3   -4   -4   -4 -3  -3   3
Where she waved to me good-bye
 -1   3    3    -3  -5  -4   3   -2
Hang down your head and cry poor boy
 2    3    3    -3   3  -1
Hang down your head and cry
 -1    3    3  3  3   -1   3  3   3   3
Stop think-ing a-bout the wom-an you love
 -4   -4   -4  -3-4 -3   3
Hang down your head and cry

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