The Cowboy's Stroll

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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 COWBOY’S STROLL
Traditional cowboy
Key: C


4    4    6    7   -6   6  
One eve-ning, one eve-ning
5    6    6  -4  4
One eve-ning in May,
7   -8  7  -8   8    6
I spied a fair maid-en
55 6   5  6   7
A rak-ing of hay.

7      -8   7    -8  8 6  5   
“Good eve-ning, I'm glad of
6     5   6   7
meet-ing you here,
4   4     6    7 -6 6
al-tho’ you’re a la-dy
4    5  6  -4  4
and I'm a ran-ger.”

They walked and they talked 
till they came to a spring,
and from his knapsack
he drew a fine violin

“Good eve-ning, I'm glad of
meet-ing you here,
al-tho’ you’re a la-dy
and I'm a ran-ger.”

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