Old MacDonald Had A Farm (Diatonic)

by Frederick Thomas Nettleingham derivation · posted by EarthDogHarpin

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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
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Old MacDonald Had A Farm (Diatonic)
derrived from Frederick Thomas Nettleingham's "Tommy's Tunes" circa 1917
For any key Richter tuned diatonic

7   7   7 6   -6 -6 6     8    8   -8 -8 7
Old Mac Donald had a farm, EE - I - EE- I -O.

6   7 7   7    6 -6 -6 6        8    8   -8 -8   7
And on his farm he had a (animal), EE - I - EE - I - O.

6    6    7       7           7     6   6    7        7           7
With a (animal's noise twice) here, and a (animal's noise twice) there,

7    7    7             7    7 7              7 7 7     7   7       7
here a (animal noise), there a (animal noise), everywhere a (animal noise twice),

7   7 7 6    -6 -6 6     8    8   -8 -8   7
Old MacDonald had a farm, EE - I - EE - I - O.
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