Rose of Alabama

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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

Rose of Alabama


-4  6  6    6   -4  5  6     7
A-way from Miss-is-sip-pi's vale
8     -8  -7  -6   6    -7  6   5 
With  my  old hat there for a sail
-4   6    6  6 -4  5  6   7
I cross'd up-on a cot-ton bale
8  -8   -7 -6 6 -7  6
To Rose of Al-a-bam-a

7    7     7  8
Oh, brown Rosey,
-7  7    7  -8 8 -8 -7
The Rose of Al-a-bam-a,
-4  6   6  6   -4  5 6
A sweet to-bac-co posey
7  8   -8  -7 -6 6 -7 6
Is the Rose of Al-a-bam-a


Some of the other verses:

The river rolled, the crickets sing,
The lightnin' bug he flash'd his wing,
And like a rope my arms I fling
Round Rose of Alabama.

I ask her set down where she please,
So cross my legs she took her ease,
"It's good to go upon the knees,"
Says Rose of Alabama.

I hug so long I cannot tell,
For Rosey seemed to like it well,
My banjo in the river fell,
Oh, Rose of Alabama.

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