The Sporting Bachelors (hi-lo)

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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 SPORTING BACHELORS hi-lo
American folk song
Key: Bm

 3    3  -3”   4   -4   5     5
 6    6  -6    7   -8   8     8
Come all you sport-ing bach-‘lors

 5   -4  4  -3”  3    -3”
 8   -8  7  -6   6    -6
Who wish to get good wives

 5  -6  -6 -6  5   6    -6 6 5
 8  -10-10 -10 8   9   -10 9 8
And nev-er be de-ceived as I am

 5  5  5   5   5  5  -6
 8  8  8   8   8  8 -10
For I mar-ried me a wife

  4   -3 -3” -3”-3 4   -4
  7   -7 -6  -6 -7 7   -8
Makes me wea-ry of my life

 6  -5    5   -3” 5  -44
 9  -9    8   -6  8  -87
Let me strive and do all 

 -3” 3 -3”  -34  -4
 -6  6 -6   -77  -8
That I can, can, can

 6  -5    5   -3” 5  -44  -3” 3 -3”
 9  -9    8   -6  8  -87  -6  6 -6
Let me strive and do all that I can

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