She Was Poor, But She Was Honest (chrom)

by The Fish Brothers, Billy Bennett · posted by waltp

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−: 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
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Tab

SHE WAS POOR, BUT SHE WAS HONEST chrom
Trad. folk song
The Fish Brothers, Billy Bennett
Key: D

-5   6   -6*  -5  -5  -5   5* -4
She was poor, but she was hon-est,
 -8  -8  -7   -7  7  -6*  6
Pure un-stain-ed was her name,
 -5   6 -6* -6*   7     -7    7   -8
‘Til the lo-cal squire came court-ing,
-8  -8   -7   -7   7    6   -5
And the poor girl lost her name.
 
Chorus:
 -5   6  -6*  -5   -5    -5   5* -4
It's the same the whole world o-ver,
 -8 -8  -7   -7    7  -6*   6
It’s a shame, a wretch-ed shame
 -5   6   -6* -6*  7   -7    7    -8
It's the rich who gets the pleas-ures,
-8  -8   -7  -6*  7    6   -5
And the poor who gets the blame;

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