The Riddle Song

by Unknown · posted by WaltP

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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

THE RIDDLE SONG


6   6  6   6   6  -6  7  -8    7 -6   6
I gave my love a cher-ry with-out a stone.
7  -8  -8  -8 -8   8   9   -10  9  8  -8
I gave my love a chick-en with-out a bone.
8  -8  -8  -8  7  8 9  -10  9  8   -8
I gave my love a ring that has no end.
8  -8  7   -6  6 -6 7   -8  7  -6   6
I gave my love a ba-by with no cry-in’.

How can there be a cherry without a stone?
How can there be a chicken without a bone?
How can there be a ring that has no end?
How can there be a baby with no cryin’?

A cherry when it’s blooming, it has no stone.
A chicken when it’s pippin’ it has no bone.
A ring when it’s a-rollin’ it has no end.
A baby when it’s sleepin’ there’s no cryin’.

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