Polly Wolly Doodle tab by Leon Redbone

Tabs

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice

Title: Polly Wolly Doodle
Artist: Leon Redbone

Time:  4/4
Tempo: Q=120

Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths.
Eighths are marked "+".
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Start practicing in slow tempo and increase speed, as you

Verse:
  C majorC         +                  +          +    +      +
E MajorE|------------------------|-0----0--------------|-0----0-----------------|-0---0-------0--------1--p0---|
BB|-1--------------1--h3---|-----------1----1----|----------1-------------|------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
D MajorD|------2---------2-------|------2---------2----|------2------------2----|---------2------------2-------|
A augmentedA|-3----------------------|-3-------------------|-3----------------------|-3----------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------3------------|-----------3---------|--------------3---------|-----------------3------------|
         Well I  went down south for to see my gal,   singin’ Polly wolly doodle  all the
         There’s a grasshopper sittin’ on a railroad track,singin’ Polly wolly doodle  all the
            I  went to the river, I couldn’t get across,singin’ Polly wolly doodle  all the

  G+G                          +
E MajorE|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
BB|-3-------------------|-3----3----0----0----|-3----3--p0-------------|
G+G|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0------------0----|
A augmentedA|-----------2---------|-----------2---------|--------------2---------|
E MajorE|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|-3----------------------|
  day,     She got curly eyes and    laughin’ hair,  singin’
  day,         pickin’ his teeth with a carpet tack, singin’
  day,        I jumped on a gator,  I thought it was a horse,

     +    +    +    +
E MajorE|-3---3-------3------p1---0-------|
BB|-----------------------------3---|
G+G|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------0---------------0-------|
A augmentedA|-----------------2---------------|
E MajorE|-3-------------------------------|
  Polly  wolly  doodle all the day.
  Polly  wolly  doodle all the day.
  Polly  wolly  doodle all the day.

Chorus:
  C majorC         +            +            +
E MajorE|------------------------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-0----0----1----0----|
BB|----------------1--h3---|----------------1--h3---|----------------1--h3---|---------------------|
G+G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------2---------2-------|------2---------2-------|------2---------2-------|------2---------2----|
A augmentedA|-3----------------------|-3----------------------|-3----------------------|-3-------------------|
E MajorE|-----------3------------|-----------3------------|-----------3------------|-----------3---------|
         Fare thee well,     Fare thee well,     Fare thee well my  fairy

  G+G             +    +      +     +    +      +
E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
BB|-3-------------------|-3---3-------0--------0--h1---|-3---3-------0--------0--h1---|
G+G|---------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------0----|---------0------------0-------|---------0------------0-------|
A augmentedA|-----------2---------|-----------------2------------|-----------------2------------|
E MajorE|-3-------------------|-3----------------------------|-3----------------------------|
  fay,         I’m off to Lou’siana, for to  see my Susy-Anna,  singin’

    +    +    +    +   C majorC
E MajorE|-3-----------3------p1---0-------|---------------------------------|
BB|-----0---------------------------|-1-------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------0--|-----0-------0------0--------0---|
D MajorD|---------0---------------0-------|---------2---------------0-------|
A augmentedA|-----------------2---------------|-3-------------------------------|
E MajorE|-3-------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
  Polly wolly doodle   all the  day.


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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off

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