The Butcher's Boy (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

THE BUTCHER’S BOY hi-lo
Trad. folk song
Key: Dm
Time: 2/4

-3”  -3” -3”  5   -44 -45   5  -3”
-6   -6  -6   8   -87 -88   8  -6
She went up-stairs to make her bed

-3” -3” -3”  4   -4  4 -3”2 3-3” -3”
-6  -6  -6   7   -8  7  -65 6-6  -6
And not one word to her moth-er said

-3”  -3” -3” 5  -44 -45   5    -3”
-6   -6  -6  8  -87 -88   8    -6
Her moth-er she went up-stairs too

-3” -3”  -3”  -3”  -3”  4    4
-6  -6   -6   -6   -6   7    7
Say-ing daugh-ter, oh daugh-ter

-4 4 -3”2 3 -3”-3”
-8 7 -6 5 6 -6 -6
What trou-bles you

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