It Takes A Great Big Irish Heart To Sing An Irish Song

by Al Herman, Jack Glogau · 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

IT TAKES A GREAT BIG IRISH HEART TO SING AN IRISH SONG
W: Al Herman
M: Jack Glogau
Key: C
Time: 2/4

 -3  -4   4  -4  -5    4  3  -2*  -2
Sure it takes a great big I-rish heart
2   2   -1 1* -1   -3
To sing an I-rish song
3* -3 -3*  -4   4   -5
An I-rish tune with all
 -4   3   -3   3    2
Those en-dear-ing charms
 3 -3  -4     3      3   -3    3
And a voice that’s sweet and strong

 2    2 -1*  2  -2    3
Jip, jip my lit-tle horse
 -3     -3  -4  4    3
Sure, that’s a tune sir
 -3  -3 -4 4  -3   3
Sung by an I-rish-man
 2     2   1   2   -1
More pow’r to him, sir

1   -1 -2  2  -1   1  2  3  4
Ev-‘ry-bod-y sings of Ir-e-land
-3  -4   4  -4   4   -3  3  3*   -3
But it takes a great big I-rish heart
3   -3  4  4  -4   4
To sing an I-rish song

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