Blaydon Races (tremolo)

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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

This is tabbed for a 24 hole Echo Celeste tremolo



4  5   5   5  5    5 5
I went to Blaydon races
 5   -5 -5   -5   -5  6
Twas on the ninth of June
-6   -6   -6 -6  -6   6 6   6
Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Two
6  6  -5  5   -5 5  -4
On a summer’s afternoon
4  5    5   5   5    5   5
I took the bus from Balmbras
 5  -5  -5  -5 -5  6 5
And she was heavy laden
5 -6 -6  -6  -6 -6  6  6   6     7
Away we went along Collingwood Street
  7    7  -6   6   -5  5  4
That’s on the road to Blaydon

Chorus:
7  6   5    5   -5   -5   -5  -5  -5 6
Oh me lads you should’ve seen us gannin
 -6 -6  -6   -6   6  6   6   6
Passing the folks along the road
-5   6  -5    5   -4 4
Just to see them starin’
 5   5   5    5   5  5    5
All the lads and lasses there
 5   -5  -5   -5 -5   6 5
They all had smiling faces
-6 -6  -6 -6  6   6   -6    7
Gannin along the Scotswood Road
7   7  -6   6  -5   5 5
To see the Blaydon Races

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