Oh, Dear, What Can the Matter Be

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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   7  6   5  4  -5  -5    -5
O dear, what can the matter be, O dear, what
-4   5  -5 5   -4  6  6     6    5   7  6  5
can the matter be, O dear, what can the matter
4    -4  5     -5  5   -5  -4   4
be?  Johnnie's so long at the fair.


verse 2:
he'll buy me a twopenny whistle
he'll buy me a threepenny fair
he'll buy me a bunch o' blue ribbons
to tye up my bonny brown hair

verse 3:
O saw ye him coming
and saw ye him coming
O saw ye him coming'
hame frae the Newcastle fair

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