Bobby Shafto

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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

-6  8  8  8     8   6   6
Bobby Shafto's gone to sea,

-6 -7   7   7  8  -8   -7
Silver buckles on his knee.

 -6    8    8    8   8  6 6
He'll come back and marry me.

-6  7   7 -7 -6 -6
Pretty Bobby Shafto.

-7 -7  7  7    -6  -6   8
Bobby Shafto's fat and fair,

-7  -7   7    7  -6 -6  -7
Combing down his yellow hair.

-6   8   8    8  8 6   6
He's my love for ever more.

-6  7   7 -7 -6 -6
Pretty Bobby Shafto.

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