The Little Shoemaker (hi-lo)

by The Gaylords, Petula Clark · 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 LITTLE SHOEMAKER hi-lo
English W: Geoffrey Parsons
M: Rudi Revil, John Turner
The Gaylords, Petula Clark
Key: G


4  -4   5   -4   5    -5
7  -8   8   -8   8    -9
In the shoe-mak-er's shop 

 5   -4   4     5   -4  4   3
 8   -8   7     8   -8  7   6
this re-frain would nev-er stop

3  3    -3”  3 -3    3    3  -3”  3   4
6  6    -6   6 -7    6    6  -6   6   7
As he tapped a-way, work-ing all the day

4  -4    5     -4    5  -5
7  -8    8     -8    8  -9
At his bench, there was he, 

 5   -4  4  5 -4 4  3
 8   -8  7  8 -8 7  6
just as bus-y as a bee

 3   3   -3” 3   -3
 6   6   -6  6   -7
Lit-tle time to lose 

 3    3   -3”   3    4
 6    6   -6    6    7
with the boots and shoes

 4  -4    5    6   -5
 7  -8    8    9   -9
But his heart went pop

5   -4   5  -4   4   -3”
8   -8   8  -8   7   -6
in-side the lit-tle shop

 4   4  -3” 3   -3”  3   3  -3” 3   4
 6   6  -6  6   -7   6   6  -6  6   7
When a love-ly girl set him all a-whirl

 4  -4   5   6    -5
 7  -8   8   9    -9
She had come to choose 

 5    -4  5   -4   4   -3”
 8    -8  8   -8   7   -6
some pret-ty danc-ing shoes

 3  3   -3”   3  -3  3  3  -3”   3   4
 6  6   -6    6  -7  6  6  -6    6   7
And he heard her say in a charm-ing way


  5   5   5  5   5   5  -5  -5    -5  -5
  8   8   8  8   8   8  -9  -9    -9  -9
Shoes to set my feet a-danc-ing, danc-ing

 6    6    6    6  -5   6   5
 9    9    9    9  -9   9   8
Danc-ing, danc-ing all the day

  5   5   5  5   5   5  -5  -5   -6   -6
  8   8   8  8   8   8  -9  -9   -10  -10
Shoes to set my feet a-danc-ing, danc-ing

 6   -6   6  -5   5  -4  4
 9   -10  9  -9   8  -8  7
Danc-ing all my cares a-way

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