Barbary Allen (hi-lo)

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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

BARBARY ALLEN hi-lo
Trad. folk song
Key: F
Time: 3/4

 4  -4 -5   6  -6   6  -5-4 4
 7  -8 -9   9 -10   9  -9-8 7
All in the mer-ry month of May

 4    4   -4   -5    6   -6 6 -5-44 -4
 7    7   -8   -9    9   -109 -9-87 -8
When the green buds they were swell-in’

6-5-4 -5   4    -4   -3”-3”   4   -4”3-2”
9-9-8 -9   7    -8   -6 -6    7   -66 -5
Young Wil-liam Green on his death bed lay

 3   3   -3” 4  -4  4 -3”3   3
 6   6   -6  7  -8  7 -6 6   6
For the love of Bar-b’ry Al-len

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound