The Farmer's Curst Wife (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)

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Tab

THE FARMER’S CURST WIFE hi-lo
Trad. folk song
Key: G
Time: 6/8

  3    4  4   4   -3  -3
  6    7  7   7   -7  -7
There was an old farm-er

-3  -3  4  4  4   4   3
-7  -7  7  7  7   7   6
And he had a lit-tle farm

-4 5-5 5-45-43...
-8 8-9 8-88-86...
(Whistle)

 3  3   6  6   -5   -5  5  5  5  -4
 6  6   9  9   -9   -9  8  8  8  -8
And he had no horse to car-ry it on

 3    4  4   4   -4  -4 -4  5...4...
 6    7  7   7   -8  -8 -8  8...7...
Sing fol-de-rol, dol-de-rol-di- do

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