The Titanic (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 TITANIC hi-lo
American folk song
Key: D

 6   6   -6     6   6   5   5  -4
 9   9   -10    9   9   8   8  -8
Oh, they built the ship Ti-tan-ic

4   -4   4  4  -3”  4
7   -8   7  7  -6   7
To sail the o-cean blue

 4   -4     5     6    6  6  6
 7   -8     8     9    9  9  9
And they thought they had a ship

 6    6  -6 -6   -4   -4  -4  5   -4
 9    9  -10-10  -8   -8  -8  8   -8
That the wa-ter would nev-er go through

 6   6   -6    6    6   5  5
 9   9   -10   9    9   8  8
But the Lord’s al-might-y hand

 -4   4    -4    4    4  -3”  4
 -8   7    -8    7    7  -6   7
Said that ship would nev-er stand

4  -4  56  5    4   -4 6   5    -4   4
7  -8  89  8    7   -8 9   8    -8   7
It was sad when the great ship went down

7   7  -6   7  -6   6
10 10  -10  10 -10  9
It was sad, it was sad

5  -5   6   6    6   6  7   6    5    -4
8  -9   9   9    9   9  10  9    8    -8
It was sad when that great ship went down

 6   -6    6    5    -4   4   -4   4
 9   -10   9    8    -8   7   -8   7
Hus-bands and wives, lit-tle chil-dren

 4    -3”    4
 7    -6     7
Lost their lives

4  -4  5 6  5    4  -4 6   5    -4   4
7  -8  8 9  8    7  -8 9   8    -8   7
It was sad when the great ship went down

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