The Regular Army, Oh! (hi-lo)

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+: 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

THE REGULAR ARMY, OH! hi-lo
American folk song 
Key: Dm
Time: 6/8

  3    -3” -3”-3” -3” -3” 3  2
  6    -6  -6 -6  -6  -6  6  5
Three years a-go this ver-y day

3  4   -4  5  5   4    -4
6  7   -8  8  8   7    -8
I went to Gov-er-nors Isle

6   -6    6    5    -4  4  -3”
9   -10   9    8    -8  7  -6
To stand fer-ninst the can-non

3   3    3  3  3  2   3
6   6    6  6  6  5   6
In true mil-i-tar-y style

 3    -3”-3”-3”-3”-3”  3   2
 6    -6 -6 -6 -6 -6   6   5
Thir-teen A-mer-i-can dol-lars

 3     4   -4  5   4  -4
 6     7   -8  8   7  -8
Each month we sure-ly get

6  -6  -6 6  5  -4   4 -3” 3
9  -10-10 9  8  -8   7 -6  6
To car-ry a gun and bay-o-net

 2   2 -3”-3”-3”-3” -3”
 5   5 -6 -6 -6 -6  -6
With a mil-i-tar-y step

   5     6    6    6   5   6   5  4
   8     9    9    9   8   9   8  7
There’s ser-geant John Mc-Caf-fer-ty

 5   6    6    6  6  6
 8   9    9    9  9  9
And Cor-p’ral Don-a-hue

 6    -6  6    5   -4 4  -3”   3
 9   -10  9    8   -8 7  -6    6
They make us march up to the crack

2   3   3    3   2   3
5   6   6    6   5   6
In gal-lant com-p’ny Q

 3   -3”   -3”  -3” -3 -3”3   2
 6   -6    -6   -6  -7 -6 6   5
The drums they roll up-on my soul

 3     4   -4   5  4  -4
 6     7   -8   8  7  -8
For that’s the way we go

 6  6   -6   6  5  -4   4   -3”  3
 9  9   -10  9  8  -8   7   -6   6
For-ty miles a day on beans and hay

2   2  -3”-3”-3” -3”-3” -3”
5   5  -6 -6 -6  -6 -6  -6
In the reg-u-lar arm-y, Oh!

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