MÃ¶rdarAnders/ Anders the killer

by Cornelis Vreesvijk · posted by Jamtharp

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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  -4  5 5     5    5  -4   -4  -3   4
MoerdarAnders, det aer jag, det aer jag
4   5  6  6    6    6   -6  -6  -6    6
MoerdarAnders, det aer jag, det aer jag
4  -4   5 5     5   5   5
MoerdarAnders, det aer jag. 
-4   4   -4 4-4   -3   3 
jag ska halshuggas i dag.

 4-4    5   5 5-4  -2
enligt Svea Rikes Lag
4 -4   5   5   5 4 -4    3  -3   4
ingenting att goera oot, ta mig fan.


Above is only the first verse.
(The last three words is a curse, I will be damned)
The song is about a man who is about to be hanged, after proven guilty. the four men, were the Kings soldiers, who had raped his daughter.
Anders regrets nothin. If I dont get to heaven, I guess I will meet them again.

This Swedish folksong got lyrics from the late Cornelis Vreesvijk, who was like a mix of Pete Seger and Bob Dylan and very loved in Sweden and Scandinavia. It is easy to find recordings by him.  Originally I think the song came from Ireland.

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