Poor Old Slave (hi-lo) Harmonica Tabs

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Genre: Folk

Key: D

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Poor Old Slave (hi-lo) Harmonica Tab

By G. W. H. Griffin – 1851
Trad. folk song
Key: D
Time: 6/8

3 3 4 5 -4 4 -3” 4
6 6 7 7 -8 7 -6 7
‘Tis just one year a-go to-day,

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7 -7 7 -8 -7 7
That I re-mem-ber well,

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6 6 7 8 -8 7 -6 7
I sat down by poor Nel-ly’s side

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7 7 -7 7 -8 -7 7
And a sto-ry she did tell.

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7 -7 7 -8 -7 7 8 6
‘Twas ’bout a poor un-hap-py slave,

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7 -6 -6 -6 -9.-6 6
That lived for man-y a year;

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6 6 7 8 -8 7 -6 7…
But now he’s dead, and in his grave,

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7 -7 7 -8.. -7 7
No mas-ter does he fear.

CHORUS

4 5 5 5 5 -4 -4 -4
7 8 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8
The poor old slave has gone to rest,

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-8 -8 -8 -8 -9 8
We know that he is free.

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8 8 8 8 9 -9 -9 -9…
Dis-turb him not but let him rest,

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-9 8 8 -8 -7 7
‘Way down in Ten-na-see.

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