Bunch of Thyme

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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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Bunch of Thyme

5      5  4   -3  -4   -5    5   4
Come  all you maidens young and fair   
 6   6   6       -6   6   -7  6    -4
All you that’re  bloomin' in your  prime  
6  -6  6  5   6    6  -6   -6   -5 -4  4 -3
Always bewa - re, and keep your garden fair     
 5   5  4   -3   -4 -5  5     4
Let  no man steal away your thyme              


5    5    4 -3 -4 -5    5    4
For thyme it is a precious thing 
6    6     6      -6  6     -7 6  -4
And thyme brings all things to my mind 
6      6   -6  6     5   6    6 -6  -6  -5 -4  4 -3
Thyme with all it's labours, along with all it's joys 
5      4     -3 -4      -5 5  4
Thyme brings all things to my mind 

5     4 -3 -4 -5     5  4
Once, I had a bunch of thyme
6 6        6 -6  6  -7    6 -4
I thought it never would decay 
6     6   6 -6 6  5  6    6   -6     -6  5   -4  4 -3
Then came a lusty sailor, who chanced to pass my way 
5   5    4  -3    -4 -5    5  4
He stole my bunch of thyme away 

5   5   4  -3   -4 -5 5   4
The sailor gave to me a rose
6 6    6    -6  6 -7   6  -4
A rose that never will decay 
6   6   -6 6  5  6     6 -6    -5 -4  4  -3
He gave it to m - e,   to keep me reminded 
5   5   4  -3    -4 -5    5  4
Of when he stole my thyme away 

   5	  5   4  -3  -4   -5    5   4
So Come  all you maidens young and fair   
6   6    6       -6   6   -7  6     -4
All you that’re  bloomin' in your  prime  
6  -6  6  5   6    6   -6  -6  -5  -4  4 -3
Always bewa - re, and keep your garden fair     
5    5   4   -3  -4 -5  5     4
Let  no man steal away your thyme              

5    5    4 -3 -4  -5   5   4
For thyme it is a precious thing 
6    6     6     -6  6      -7 6   -4
And thyme brings all things to my mind 
6      6    -6  6   5   6    6 -6  -6   -5 -4  4 -3
Thyme with all it's labours, along with all it's joys 

5      4     -3  -4     -5 5   4
Thyme brings all things to an end

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