The Animal Fair (chrom)

by 19th C. minstrel 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

THE ANIMAL FAIR chrom
19th C. minstrel song
Key: C
Time: 6/8

2  3   3   3  -3 -3 2   3
I went to the an-i-mal fair
 2   2    3    3   3    -3    2     3
All the birds and the beasts were there
 4  -4  -4  -4   -4 -4   -4   -4 -4   -4
The big ba-boon, by the light of the moon
-3   3    3   3  -3  2    3
Was comb-ing his au-burn hair
 2   3   3  -3  2    3
The mon-key he got drunk
2     3    3   3  -3 -3   2      3
He climbed up the el-e-phant’s trunk
 4  -4 -4 -4     -4
The el-e-phant sneezed 
-4   -4  -4 -4   -4
And fell on his knees
-3   3    3   3   3  -3 -4
And that was the end of the
 4     1   1     1   1     1   1
Monk, the monk, the monk, the monk

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