The Old Oaken Bucket

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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 OLD OAKEN BUCKET
Trad. folk
Bing Crosby
Key: G
Time: 3/8

-1   -4  -3  3   -4   -3
How dear to the heart are 
 3    -3   3  -3  -4    3
the scenes of my child-hood,
 3    3  -2*  2  -1   3
When fond re-col-lec-tion 
-4   -3    3   -3  3
Pre-sents them to view,
-1   -1    -1   -1   2
The wide spread-ing pond, 
-1  -1   -1   -1   -1   3  -1
And the mill that stood by it,
-1    -1   -1  -1   -4
The bridge and the rock 
 -3    3  -2*-3  1*   -1
where the ca-ta-ract fell.

-1  -4  -3  3   -4  -3
The old oak-en buck-et, 
 3 -3  3   -3    -4  3
the i-ron-bound buck-et,
 3   3   -2*   2   -1  3
The moss-cov-‘r’d buck-et 
 -4   -3  3  -3   3
that hung in the well.

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