Nancy Mulligan

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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

(Melody)
7 -7 -6 -7 -6 6 -6 6 5 5,
5 -4 4 -4 4 -3" 4 -3" 3 -3"
7 -7 -6 -7 -6 6 -6 6 5 5,
5 6 -6 7 -6 6 -6 -4 4 -4 -3" 3 -3"

5  5  5 -4 4 -4    5      6   -6
I was  twenty   four years old
    6   6  6    6    -6  6  5    -4  -4 5  5    5
When I met the woman I would call my own
   4  -4    5      5     4   4 -3" -3" -3" 3   3
Twenty two grand kids now    growing  old
4   -4     5      5      5  -4 4 -3" 3    -3"    -3"
In the house that your   brother  brought ya

(Melody)

 5    5    5   -4    4     -4  5  6     -6
On the summer day when I proposed
6   6      6     -6   6     5    -4   -4 5 5    5
I made that wedding ring from dentist gold
   4  -4    5     5   -4  4   -3"  3   3 -3" -3" 3,   3
And   I asked her father but her daddy  said, "No
4 -4   5      5    -4 4  -3" 3  3 -3" -3"
       You can't marry   my   daughter"

(Chorus)
  5    5  5 -4   4    -6   6   6
She and   I   went on the run
   -4     -4     -4   5 -5 5 5
Don't care about  religion
  5   5  5    5 -4  4 -3" -3" -3" -3" 3   3
I'm gonna marry   the  woman     I    love
    5    5   5  -4 4 -3" 3 3 -3" -3"
Down by the  Wexford    border
  5     5  5 -4 4 -6 6  6
She was Nancy Mulligan
   -4    -4   -4  5   -5 5  5
And I was William Sheeran
  5     5     5     5    -4  4 -3" -3" -3" 3   3
She took my name and then  we  were one
    5    5   5  -4 5 -3" 3 3 -3" -3"
Down by the  Wexford    border