Oh, Dear! What Can The Matter Be?

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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

OH, DEAR! WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE?
Trad. folk
Key: F
Time: 6/8

4   4     4   -3  -6   5  -3  -2
Oh dear, what can the mat-ter be, 
-3*  -3*    -3*  3  -3  -3* -3  3
Dear dear, what can the mat-ter be, 
4   4     4   -3  -6   5  -3  -2 
Oh dear, what can the mat-ter be?  
 3    -3 -3*  -3 -3*  3   -2
John-ny's so long at the fair. 

4   4    -3  -3* 4  -3
He prom-ised to buy me
-3* 4  -3  -6   5    -3
A trin-ket to please me
-2  -3*   3 -3  -3*
And then for a smile
3   -3  -3*  3   -3    -3*  -3
Oh, he vowed he would tease me
3   4    -3  -3* 4  -3
He prom-ised to buy me 
-3* 4   -3  -6   5   -3
a bunch of blue rib-bons 
-2  3  -3 -3* -3 -3*  3    -2
to tie up my bon-nie blue hair


verse 2: 
he'll buy me a twopenny whistle 
he'll buy me a threepenny fair 
to tye up my bonny brown hair 

verse 3: 
O saw ye him coming 
and saw ye him coming 
O saw ye him coming' 
hame frae the Newcastle fair

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