Blest Be The Tie That Binds

by John Fawcett, Hans Georg Nagelli · 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

BLEST BE THE TIE THAT BINDS chrom
W: John Fawcett
M: Hans Georg Nagelli
Key: G
Time: 3/4

 -4  -43 -4 -3-2* -3    3
Blest be the tie that binds 
 3   3  2  3   3 -1  3   -2*   
Our hearts in Chris-tian love; 
-3 -3-2* -3 3 -4 -5 -5-3 5   -4 -5
The fel-low-ship of kin-dred minds 
6  -5-4 4  -4 3 -3  3
Is like to that a-bove. 

Verse 2 SAME AS 1 

Before our Father's throne 
We pour our ardent prayers; 
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, 
Our comforts and our cares. 

verse 3 SAME AS 1  

We share our mutual woes, 
Our mutual burdens bear; 
And often for each other flows 
The sympathizing tear. 

verse 4 SAME AS 1 

When we asunder part 
It gives us inward pain; 
But we shall still be joined in heart, 
And hope to meet again

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