Mary`s Boy Child

by Boney M/Jester Hairston · posted by aussie

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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    6  6 7  7  -6 -5 -4  -6 -6   6-7 -6-5   5
Long time ago in Bethlehem, so the Holy Bible say
 6 8   -8    7     -6-5   -4   -6    6   7
Mary`s Boy Child, Jesus Christ was born on
 -7  -8    7
Christmas Day
  8   8   -9  -9   -8-8    8   8  7    7  -8
Hark now hear the angels sing, a new king born
 7  -7
to-day
-6   6    8   -8   7  -6-5  -4    -6  6   7
And man will live for-ever more, because of
  -7 -8    7
Christmas Day
  8  8     -9   -9  -8-8    8     7 7   7 -8
Trumpets sound and angels sing, listen to what
  7   -7
they say,
 -6   6   8    -8   7  -6-5  -4   -6  6   7
That man will live for-ever more because of 
  -7 -8    7
Christmas Day

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