Uncle Pen - Cross Harp
by Bill Monroe · posted by Turkey_Man
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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.
-1 -1 -1 -1 2 3 3 -3 -4 -4
Oh, the peo-ple would come from far a-way
-4 5 -3 -3’’ 3 2 3 2 -1
They’d dance all night till the break of day
-1 -1 -1 -1 2 3 3 -3 -4 -4
When the call-er would hol-ler “Do-Si-Do”
-4 -4 -3 -3’’ 3 2 2 -1 -1 2 3
They knew Un-cle Pen was a read-y to go
(Chorus)
4 4 4 4 4 4 -4 -4 -4
Late in the eve-nin’ a-bout sun-down
5 -4 -4 -3 -3’’3 3 2 3
High on the hill and a-bove the town
-1 -1 -1 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 -3
Un-cle Pen played the fid-dle Lord, how it rang
-3 -3 -4 -4 -3’’ 3 3 -3 -3’’ 3
You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing
-1 -1 -1 -1 2 3 3 3 -3 -4 -4
Well, he played an old tune he called “Sol-diers Joy”
-4 -4 -3 -3 -3’’ 3 2 3 2 -1
And he played the one called the “Bos-ton Boy”
-1 -1 -1 2 3 3 -3 -4 -4
The pret-tiest of all was “Jen-ny Lind”
-4 -4 -4 3 3 -3 -3 -3’’ 3
To me that’s where the fid-dlin be-gin
Chorus
-1 -1 -1 -1 2 3 3 -3 -4 -4
I nev-er will for-get the mourn-ful day
-4 -4 -3 -3’’ 3 2 3 2-1
When Un-cle Pen was called a-way
-1 -1 -1 2 3 3 3 3 -3 -3 -4 -4
He hung up his fid-dle and he hung up his bow
-4 -4 -4 -3 -3’’ 3 2 -1 2 3
And they knew it was time for him to go
Chorus