The Rebel Soldier (chrom)

by Southern Appalachian Folk song · 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

THE REBEL SOLDIER chrom
Southern Appalachian folk song
Key: Am

-5  6 6-5 5-5  6  -3
O, Pol-ly, O, Pol-ly
 -3   5   -5   5  -33 -3
It’s for your sake a-lone
-5-5  7   7  -7  7 6 6
I’ve left my old fa-ther
-5  5    5   7  7   6
My coun-try and my home
7 7   -7  8   6   7 -7 7
I’ve left my old moth-er
7   5    7  7    6
To weep and to mourn
-4-3-4  4  -5  6  6 -5
I am a reb-el sol-dier
 5  -55  -3  3   -3
And far from my home

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