Pay Me My Money Down

by Unknown · posted by chibluesteve

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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   5   -6   6  6    5
I thought I heard the captain say, 
 6  -6 6  -5  5  -4   
Pay me my money down. 
-4 -4 -4 -4 5   -5  6  -6
Tomorrow is my sailing day, 
 6  6  -5  5 -4  4
pay me my money down.
 6  5  -6  6  5
Pay me oh Pay me 
 6  -6 6  -5  5  -4
Pay me my money down 
-4  -4 5  -5 6   -6
Pay me or go to jail. 
 6  6  -5  5 -4  4
Pay me my money down.

 6   6    6    5  -6    6     6   5
The very next day we cleared the bar, 
 6  -6 6  -5  5  -4
pay me my money down, 
-4   -4    -4  -4   5    5  -5  6  6  -6
He knocked me down with the end of a spar
 6  6  -5  5 -4  4
Pay me my money down.
 6  5  -6  6  5
Pay me oh Pay me 
 6  -6 6  -5  5  -4
Pay me my money down 
-4  -4 5  -5 6   -6
Pay me or go to jail. 
 6  6  -5  5 -4  4
Pay me my money down. 

6  6   6  5   -6     6  6     5
I wish I was mister Howard's son, 
 6  -6 6  -5  5  -4
pay me my money down. 
-4  -4 -4   -4    5   -5    6   -6
Sit in the house and drink good rum. 
 6  6  -5  5 -4  4
Pay me my money down.
 6  5  -6  6  5
Pay me oh Pay me 
 6  -6 6  -5  5  -4
Pay me my money down 
-4  -4 5  -5 6   -6
Pay me or go to jail. 
 6  6  -5  5 -4  4
Pay me my money down.

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