When I First Came To This Land

by Unknown · posted by gene

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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

  4  5   6    6   -6 -6    6
When I first came to this land 

-5  6    5  4   -4  -3  4
 I was  not a wealth-y man

4  5  6   6  -6 -6  6
So I got my-self a shack

-5 -4   4  -3   4
 I did what I could

-4  5   -5   -5   5     -4   -4  4
And I called my shack "Break My Back"

 4   5   6    6    7   -6   6
But the land was sweet and good

-5 -4   4  -3  4
 I did what I could


When I first came to this land, 
I was not a wealthy man,
So I got myself a farm, I did what I could
And I called my farm, "Muscle in my arm"
And I called my shack, "Break my back"
But the land was sweet and good, 
I did what I could

similarly:
horse, "Slow of course"
cow, "No milk now"
duck, "Out of luck"
donkey, "Horse gone Wonky"
wife, "Run for your life"
son, "My work done"

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