Old MacDonald Had A Farm (Chromatic v2)

by Frederick Thomas Nettleingham derivation · posted by EarthDogHarpin

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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

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Old MacDonald Had A Farm (Chromatic v2)
derrived from Frederick Thomas Nettleingham's "Tommy's Tunes" circa 1917
For a Key of C, Solo tuned, Chromatic.

5   5   5  3   -3  -3  3     6    6   -5 -5  5
Old Mac Donald had  a  farm, EE - I - EE- I -O.

3   5  5   5    3  -3  -3 3        6    6   -5  -5   5
And on his farm he had a (animal), EE - I - EE - I - O.

3    3    5       5           5     3   3    5        5           5
With a (animal's noise twice) here, and a (animal's noise twice) there,

5    5    5             5    5  5              5 5  5     5   5       5 
here a (animal noise), there a (animal noise), everywhere a (animal noise twice),

5   5  5 3    -3  -3 3     6    6   -5  -5   5
Old MacDonald had  a farm, EE - I - EE - I - O.


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