Pennsylvania Polka (chrom)

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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

PENNSYLVANIA POLKA
By: Lester Lee, Zeke Manners
The Andrew Sisters
Key: F, Bb

Key: F

  4    4   4  -3  -3 -3   -2  -3  -2  1
Strike up the mus-ic the band has be-gun
 1   -2  -3   4  -5 -5  2
The Penn-syl-van-ia Pol-ka.
 -5  -5   -5   -3* -3* -3*  3  -3*  3   2
Pick out your part-ner and join in the fun
 1   2    3  -3* -5 -5  -3
The Penn-syl-van-ia Pol-ka.
-3   4   4  4   -3   -3    -3  -2   -3  -2 1 
It start-ed in Scran-ton, it’s now numb-er 1
 1     -2  -3 4  -5*  -5* -5
It’s bound to en-ter-tain ya
-5  5* -5 -5* 6 -5 -5  5
Ev-‘ry-bod-y has a man-ia
-3 -2 -1   1  2   3    -5   2   3  -2
To do the pol-ka from Penn-syl-van-ia

Key: Bb

 -2      3     -3   3
While they’re danc-ing
-2  3  -3  -3*  -3   -5*  -5* -5*  -5*
Ev-‘ry-bod-y’s cares are quick-ly gone
 -2   3   -3   3
Sweet ro-manc-ing
 -2   3   -3  3  -2 -5 -5  -5   -5
This goes on and on un-til the dawn
  -2    3   -3   3
They’re so care-free
-2   3    -3   -3*  4  3  3   3  3
Gay with laugh-ter hap-py as can be
 4    4   2  -2*  3  4
They stop to have a beer
 -5   5   -3*  -2  2   -2  -3*
Then the crowd be-gins to cheer
-3*   -3   3   -2  -2*    3  -3*  -3   4  -3*
They kiss and then they start to dance a-gain.

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