| Midi 1(F112) Midi 2(C220) Midi 3(C115)* |
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| A letter... Midi 4(C115)*-harp | |
| Tabbed by Mark Purintun 6-05 |

8P = Blow hole 8 on Chromatic and "push" slide in
First line is for Diatonic players ("D" line),
second line is for Chromatic Players ("C" line).
D RRRr 6 -5# 6 5 6
-5# 6 5 6 -5# 6 7 -8 7
7 -7
C 7 -6P 7 6
7 -6P 7 6 7 -6P 7 9 -9 9
9 -8
|
There's a | garden, what a garden, on ly | happy faces bloom there. |
D -7 7 -7 7 -8 7 7
-7 -7 7 -7 -6 -6 -7 -6 7
6 -5#
C -8 9 -8 9 -9 9 9
-8 -8 9 -8 -7 -7 -8 -7 9
7 -6P
|
And there's never an y room there, for a | worry or a gloom there.
Oh, there's |
D 6 5 6 -5# 6
5 6 -5 6 7 -8
7 7 -7
7 6 7 -6P 7
6 7 -6 7 9 -9
9 9 -8
| music and there's dancing, and a | lot of sweet romancing. |
D -8 7# -8 7 7 -7
-6 -7 -6 6 7
6 6#
C -9 8P -9 9 9 -8
-7 -8 -7 7
7 7P
|
When they play the polka, | they'all get in the swing.
Ev'ry
D -6 6# -6 -5 5 -4
-6 -5 -5# 6 -5# 6 5 -4 4
C -7 7P -7 -6 6 -5
-7 -6 -6P 7 -6P 7 6 -5 5
| time they hear that com-pa-| pa, ev'ry | bo dy feels so tra-la- |
D 6 7 -8 7
-7 -8 -6 6 -7
7 -8 7
C 7 9 -96 9 -8
-9 -7 7 -8 9
-9 9
| la.
They want to | throw their cares a | way, they all go |
D -7 -8 -6 -6b 6 6 6#
-6 6# -6 -5 5 -4 -6
-5 -5#
C -8 -9 -7 7P 7 7 7P
-7 7P -7 -6 6 -5 -7
-6 -6P
|lah-de-ah-de- | ay.
Then they | hear a rumble on the | floor, it's the |
D 6 -5# 6 5
-4 4 6 7 -8 7
-7 -8 -6 6
C 7 -6P 7 6
-5 5 7 9 -9 9
-8 -9 -7 7
| big surprise they're waiting | for.
And all the | couples form a |
D -7 7 -8 7
-7 6 -6 -7
7
C -8 9 -9 9
-8 7 -7 -8
9
| ring, for miles a | round you'll hear them | sing - |
Chorus:
D -7 7 -7 7 -7 7 -8
7 -8 7 -8 7 -7 -7b R
C -8 9 -8 9 -8 9 -9
9 -9 9 -9 9 -8 -7P R
| Roll ou ut the barrel, | we'll have a barrel of | fun. |
D 7#-8 7# -8 7 -8 8
-8 8 -8 8 -8 7#
7
C 8P-9 8P -9 9 -9 10 -9
10 -9 10 -9 8P 9
|
Roll ou ut the barrel, | we've got the blues on the | run. |
D -7 7 -7 7 -7 7 -8 7 -8 7 -8
7 -6 -8
C -8 9 -8 9 -8 9 -9 9 -9 9 -9
9 -7 -9
|
Zing boom Terrara | join in a glass of good | cheer. |
D 6 -6 -7b 7 8
-8 -8 7 -7 7
-8 8 -9 r R
C 7 -7 -7P 9 10 -9
-9 9 -8 9 -9
10 -10
|
Now it's time to roll the | barrel, for the | gang's all | here. |
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Then they hear a rumble on the floor-or-or-or, it's the big surprise they're waiting for
And all the couples they form a ring, for miles around you'll hear them sing
Drree mopado theedo da-da-da-da
-----instrumental break-----
Roll it out, roll it out, roll out the barrel
Da-da-da da-da da-da da-da-da-da-da
Sing a song of good cheer,
'Cause the whole gang is here
Roll it out, roll it out, let's do the beer barrel polka
Chorus:
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