Banana-Boat Song (nach Noten)

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+: 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)

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Tab

4/4 TIME (STRICTLY, WITH SWING)
THE DOTS = EXTEND THAT NOTE

 Schul-Liederbuch, S. 110

 Der Satz „Day, dah light break, me wanna go home.”
 bedeutet in »Standard English« :
 “Daylight breaks, I want to go home.”

 Alternativtext/ -Noten: siehe http://www.liederkiste.com/Englisch/Banana-boat.html

[V1]
. 7. 6..  -7 -6 6 5..   4    4    5     5
 Day--O   Da- y-y- O ! Day, dah light break
.4  -4  -4 4  5   6
 me wan-na go ho-ome
. 7. 6..  -7 -6 6 5..   4   4    5     5   4
 Day--O   Da- y-y- O ! Day dah light break me
.-4  -4 -4 4..
 wan-na go home.

. 5    6  6   5  5   6   -5  -5 -5 -4 -3 3
 Come Mis-sa Tal-ly-man, tal-ly me ba-na-na
. 4    4    5     5    4  -4  -4 4  5   6
 Day, dah light break, me wan-na go ho-ome
. 5    6  6   5  5   6   -5  -5 -5 -4 -3 3
 Come Mis-sa Tal-ly-man, tal-ly me ba-na-na
. 4    4    5     5    4  -4  -4 -4  4
 Day, dah light break, me wan-na go home

. 6    5   6    5   5   6      5    6    7..
 Have six foot, se-ven foot, eight foot bunch
. 4    4    5     5    4  -4  -4 -4  4
 Day, dah light break, me wan-na go home

[V2]
(nachträglich angepasst)
.6   5    6  6   5    5   6  6   5    6    7..
 A clerk man a check,but him a check with caution.
. 4    4    5     5    4  -4  -4 4  5   6
 Day, dah light break, me wan-na go ho-ome.
.6   5    6  6   5    5   6  6   5    6    7..
 A clerk man a check,but him a check with caution.
. 4    4    5     5    4  -4  -4 -4  4
 Day, dah light break, me wan-na go home.

. 7. 6..  -7 -6 6 5..   4    4    5     5
 Day--O   Da- y-y- O ! Day, dah light break
.4  -4  -4 4  5   6
 me wan-na go ho-ome
. 7. 6..  -7 -6 6 5..   4   4    5     5   4
 Day--O   Da- y-y- O ! Day dah light break me
.-4  -4 -4 4..
 wan-na go home.

. 5    6  6   5  5   6   -5  -5 -5 -4 -3 3
 Come Mis-sa Tal-ly-man, tal-ly me ba-na-na
. 4    4    5     5    4  -4  -4 -4  4
 Day, dah light break, me wan-na go home

[V3]
 |: My back just broke with bare exhaustion.
 Day, dah light break, me wanna go home. :|

 |: Dayo! Dayo! Day, dah light break,
 me wanna go home. :|


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