Hoist the Colours

by Pirates of the Carribean · posted by gene

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Listen to the song— a recording linked by the tab’s author

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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



-3”  5    5   5    5
The king and his  men 
    Some     have died
The bell has been raised

  5    5    -5    5    5  -3”    
Stole the  queen from her bed
And        some  are   a-live
From  it’s    wa-ter- y  grave

-3” -3”  -6   -6   -6 -7    -6    -6’
    And bound her    in     her  bones
    And   o- thers sail on  the  sea
Do  you  hear it’s  sep-ul-chral tone?

 5    5   -7  -6 -6   -7
     The seas be     ours 
With the keys to the cage
      A  call to     all

 7   7  -7 -7  -6’   5
And     by     the pow’rs
And the de-vil to   pay
Pay    heed    the squall

5  -7 7   -7   5   6      -6
   Where  we  will we    roam
We  lay   to  Fid-dler’s Green
And turn your sails to   home

-6 5   -6   -6   5    5
Yo ho, all      hands 
Yo ho, haul to- geth- er
Yo ho, all      hands 

 -6   -6  7 -7  -6    -7
Hoist the  co- lours high
Hoist the  co- lours high
Hoist the  co- lours high

  -7  5     -7     7   5   5
Heave ho, thieves and beg-gars
Heave ho, thieves and beg-gars
Heave ho, thieves and beg-gars

5  7    5    6  -6
Ne-ver shall we die
Ne-ver shall we die
Ne-ver shall we die

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