The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine

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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

  Words and Music by Ballard Macdonald and Harry Carroll

-8  7   b-7  -5     -5   6   -5 -4 5  7
In the Blue Ridge  mountains of Virginia
-7  7   -8    7 -6   -5  7   b-7
On the trail of the lonesome pine
-8  7  b-7   -5   -5   -4     5    6  7
In the pale moon shine our hearts entwine
  7    7     6   -6  b-7   6 -6  b-7    7
Where she carved her name and I carved mine
b-8  -8    7   b-7  7   -8   b-7   7
Oh, June, like the mountains I'm blue
 -8  b-7  7  b-7  6  -7  7   b-8  -8
Like the pine I  am lonesome for you
-8  7   -7   -5     -5  6   -5  -4 5 7
In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia
-7  7   -8   7  -6   -5  7   b-7
On the trail of the lonesome pine

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