Patches (4-harp version)
by Dicky Lee · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend
Key: Db
Down by the riv-er
that flows by the coal yards.
Stand wood-en hous-es
with shut-ters torn down
There lives a girl
Ev-'ry-bod-y calls Patch-es
Patch-es my dar-ling of Old Shan-ty town
We planned to mar-ry when June
brought the sum-mer
I could-n't wait to make Patch-es my bride
Now I don't see how that ev-er can hap-pen
My folks say No, and my heart breaks in-side
Patch-es oh what can I do
I swear I'll al-ways love you
But a girl from that place
will just bring me dis-grace
So my folks won't let me love you
Each night I cry as I think of that shan-ty
And pret-ty Patch-es,
they're watch-ing the door
She does-n't know that
I can't come to see her
Patch-es must think that I love her no more
I hear a neigh-bor tell-in my fa-ther
He says a girl name of Patch-es was found
Float-ing face down in that
dirt-y old riv-er
That flows by the coal yards
in Old Shan-ty Town
Patch-es oh what can I do
I swear I'll al-ways love you
It may not be right
But I'll join you to-night
Patch-es I'm com-ing to you