Cock up your Beaver
by Robert Burns · posted by ,,,
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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.
-3” 3 3 1 2 -1 1 -1 2 -1 -2”
When first my brave Johnie lad came to this town,
-3” 3 3 1 2 -1 2 1 4 3 -2 -2”
He had a blue bonnet that wanted the cro-wn;
3 -3” 3 -3” -3 4 3 2 -1 2 -1 -2” -3”
But no-w he has gotten a hat and a feather,
-2 -2” 2 -2” -1 1 4 -2 2 -2
Hey, brave Johnie lad, cock up your beaver!
1 4 -2 2 -2 2 -1 -4 -1 -2”
Cock up your beaver, and cock it fu' sprush,
2 -1 1 4 -2 2 -2 2 1 4 -2 2
We'll over the border, and gie them a brush;
2 -2” 3 -3” -3 4 -2 2 -1 2 -1 -2” -3”
There's so-me-bo-dy there we'll teach better behaviour,
4 -3 -3” -2 2 3 -3” 4 -2 -1 -2
He-y, brave Johnie lad, cock up your beaver!
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound
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