Araby's Daughter (12th pos)

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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

ARABY’S DAUGHTER 12th pos
W: Thomas Moore
M: E. Kiallmark
Key: Bb
Time: 6/8

 -5  -6 6   -5   -6  6   -5   
 -9  -109   -9  -10  9   -9   
Fare-well, fare-well to thee, 

6 -5  6    -6   -5
9 -9  9    -10  -9
A-ra-by’s daugh-ter

 -5  -5   5  -4 4  -5 -6   6   -5   6   -5
 -9  -9   8  -8 7  -9 -10  9   -9   9   -9
Thus war-bled a Pe-ri be-neath the dark sea

-5  -6   6  -5 -6  6  -5  6  -5     6   -6 -5
-9  -10  9  -9 -10 9  -9  9  -9     9  -10 -9
No pearl ev-er lay un-der O-man’s green wa-ter

 -5   -5  5  -4    4     -5  -6   6   -5 6   -5
 -9   -9  8  -8    7     -9  -10  9   -9 9   -9
More pure in its shell, than thy spir-it in thee

4   4    4     4    -4   4   
7   7    7     7    -8   7   
A-round thee shall glis-ten 

 4   4  4   4  -5  4
 7   7  7   7  -9  7
The lov-li-est am-ber

 4   4  4   4  -5   6  -5   5   6   -3   4
 7   7  7   7  -9   9  -9   8   9   -7   7
That ev-er the sor-row-ing sea-bird has wept

 4   -6 6 -5  -6
 7  -10 9 -9  -10
With ma-ny a shell, 

6   -5    6  -5     6      -6  -5
9   -9    9  -9     9     -10  -9
In whose hol-low wreathed cham-ber

-5 -5  5  -4 4  -5  -6  6    -5    6    -5
-9 -9  8  -8 7  -9  -10 9    -9    9    -9
We Pe-ris of o-cean by moon-light have slept

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