Polly Wolly Doodle tab by Leon Redbone

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

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                  +                                    +                   +       +            +
E|------------------------|-0----0--------------|-0----0-----------------|-0---0-------0--------1--p0---|
B|-1--------------1--h3---|-----------1----1----|----------1-------------|------------------------------|
G|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------2---------2-------|------2---------2----|------2------------2----|---------2------------2-------|
A|-3----------------------|-3-------------------|-3----------------------|-3----------------------------|
E|-----------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                                                    +
E|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
B|-3-------------------|-3----3----0----0----|-3----3--p0-------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0------------0----|
A|-----------2---------|-----------2---------|--------------2---------|
E|-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|-3---3-------3------p1---0-------|
B|-----------------------------3---|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------0---------------0-------|
A|-----------------2---------------|
E|-3-------------------------------|
   Polly   wolly   doodle  all the day.
   Polly   wolly   doodle  all the day.
   Polly   wolly   doodle  all the day.


Chorus:
   C                  +                        +                        +
E|------------------------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-0----0----1----0----|
B|----------------1--h3---|----------------1--h3---|----------------1--h3---|---------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
D|------2---------2-------|------2---------2-------|------2---------2-------|------2---------2----|
A|-3----------------------|-3----------------------|-3----------------------|-3-------------------|
E|-----------3------------|-----------3------------|-----------3------------|-----------3---------|
                  Fare thee well,          Fare thee well,          Fare thee well my   fairy

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

       +       +       +       +     C
E|-3-----------3------p1---0-------|---------------------------------|
B|-----0---------------------------|-1-------------------------------|
G|------------------------------0--|-----0-------0------0--------0---|
D|---------0---------------0-------|---------2---------------0-------|
A|-----------------2---------------|-3-------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
   Polly wolly doodle      all the   day.


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| h    Hammer-on
| p    Pull-off

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