Eli The Barrow Boy

by The Decemberists · posted by Blind_Camel

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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

5 5 -4 5 -4 4 -4 5 6 5
Eli the barrow boy, of the old town
5 5 -4 5 -4 4 -4 5 6 5
Sells coal and marigolds and he cries out
-6 6 5 -4 5 -4 4 -3"
All down the day

5 5 -4 5 -4 4 -4 5 6 5
Below the tamaracks he is crying
5 5 -4 5 -4 4 -4 5 6 5
Corn cobs and candlewax for the buying
-6 6 5 -4 5 -4 4 -3"
All down the day

-6 6 -6 6 -6 6 -6 6 5 6 6 5
Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe
-6 6 -6 6 -6 6 -6 6 5 6 -6
Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
6 -6 6 -6 6 -6 6 -6 6 5 6 6 5
But she is dead and gone and lying in a pine grove
-4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 5 -5 5
And still I push my barrow all the day
-4 -4 -4 -4 -4 4 -3 -3" -3"
still I push my barrow all the day

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound