Blaydon Races (complete)

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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

3  4   4   4  4    4 4
I went to Blaydon races
 4   -4 -4   -4   -4  5
Twas on the ninth of June
-5   -5   -5 -5  -5   5 5   5
Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Two
5  5  -4  5   -4 4  -3
On a summer’s afternoon
3  4    4   4   4    4   4
I took the bus from Balmbras
 4  -4  -4  -4 -4  5 4
And she was heavy laden
4 -5 -5  -5  -5 -5  5  5   5     6
Away we went along Collingwood Street
  6    6  -5   5   -4  4  4
That’s on the road to Blaydon

Chorus:
6  5   4    4   -4   -4   -4  -4  -4 5
Oh me lads you should’ve seen us gannin
 -5 -5  -5   -5   5  5   5   5
Passing the folks along the road
-4   5  -4    4   -3 3
Just to see them starin’
 4   4   4    4   4  4    4
All the lads and lasses there
 4   -4  -4   -4 -4   5 4
They all had smiling faces
-5 -5  -5 -5  5   5   -5    6
Gannin along the Scotswood Road
6   6  -5   5  -4   4 4
To see the Blaydon Races

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