We rode on the troika (tremolo)

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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

This is a Russian folk song.
The melody of this song has been made into the song "Those were the days my friend" using different words.

Diatonic users can play this using one note lower than listed except the -12 in the chorus, this would be replaced by a blow bend on the 10 hole.

9 9 -10 10 -11 10  -10 9  10 9
yekhali na troike s bu-bentsami
9 -8 8  -9 9 -9 8 -8  -7
a vdali melkali a-gan-ki
9    9 -10 10   -11 10 -10 9  10 9
Ekh, kagda by' mnye tipyer sa va-mi
-10 -10 -10 10 -10 8  -9 9 -10
du-shu  by' rasvyeyit ot toski

chorus:
10 10 -10 -10 -9 9
da-ro-goi dli-noyu
9 9 -9  -9 8 8
pagodoi lunoyu
-7   -8    8  -9
da s pyesnyey toi
 9    -10 9  -9   9 -8
shto vdal letyit zvenya
7   -7  -8 -9 8 8
i s toi stari-noyu
8    -9 -10 -11  10 10 
da s se-mi--stru-no-yu
 9  -10 10 -12
shto po notsham
-11 10 -10 9  -9 9
tak mu-tshila minya


Da vykhodyit, pyeli my' zadarom
po naprasnu notsh sa notshyu zhgli
yesli my' pakontshili so stary'm
tak i notshi eti ataschli
(chorus)

V dal radnuyu novy'mi putyami
nam atny'nye yekhat suzhdeno!
Yekhali na troike s bubentsami,
da tipyer prayekhali davno
(chorus)

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