Counting The Goats (hi-lo)

by Trad. Welsh country folk song · posted by WaltP

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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

COUNTING THE GOATS hi-lo
Trad. Welsh country folk song
Key: D

  6   5   5   6
  9   8   8   9
Where is the goat, 

 -5   -4  -4   -4  -5
 -9   -8  -8   -8  -9
It’s time for milk-ing

 5 -4   4   -3   4   -4   5
 8 -8   7   -7   7   -8   8
Off a-moung the crag-gy rocks

 5  -4   4   -3  4     4
 8  -8   7   -7  7     7
The old goat is wand-‘ring


 5     6      6      6
 8     9      9      9
Goat white, white, white

 5    5  -5   -6    -5   -6    -5   -6
 8    8  -9   -10   -9   -10   -9   -10
With her lip white, lip white, lip white

 5    5   5     6     5     6     5     6
 8    8   8     9     8     9     8     9
With her tail white, tail white, tail white

 -5   5   -4   4   -3      6
 -9   8   -8   7   -7      9
With her tail and flank, white, 

  5     -4      4
  8     -8      7
White, white, white

Repeat from Goat white very fast

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