She Was Poor, But She Was Honest (hi-lo)

by The Fish Brothers, Billy Bennett · posted by waltp

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+: 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

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

 4  -4   5     4   4   4  -3  -3”
 7  -8   8     7   7   7  -7  -6
She was poor, but she was hon-est,

 -6  -6   6   6  -5   5   -4
-10 -10   9   9  -9   8   -8
Pure un-stain-ed was her name,

  4  -4  5   5    -5    6    -5   -6
  7  -8  8   8    -9    9    -9   -10
‘Til the lo-cal squire came court-ing,

-6  -6   6    6    -5  -4   4
-10 -10  9    9    -9  -8   7
And the poor girl lost her name.
 
Chorus:

 4   -4   5    4    4     4  -3 -3”
 7   -8   8    7    7     7  -7 -6
It's the same the whole world o-ver,

 -6 -6   6    6   -5   5   -4
-10 -10  9    9   -9   8   -8
It’s a shame, a wretch-ed shame

  4  -4   5    5   -5   6   -5    -6
  7  -8   8    8   -9   9   -9   -10
It's the rich who gets the pleas-ures,

-6  -6   6    5   -5  -4    4
-10 -10  9    8   -9  -8    7
And the poor who gets the blame;

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