Ashokan Farewell
Music by Jay Ungar; lyrics by Grian MacGregor about 1983

 Midi 1(D97)*-harp    Midi 2(D11)    Midi 3(D90)

Midi 4(D60)   Midi 5(D100)    Midi 6(D100)
Tabbed by Mark Purintun 5-05     
For Diatonic harmonica
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  -7N = 7 draw natural (C not C#)
This sounds like a Civil War tune, but is actually a more modern tune.  Please take a moment to read this poignant civil war letter by Sullivan Ballou to his wife Sarah a week before he died in battle for the country he believed in.  Other countries should have citizens believing in their country like this soldier.  Letter

Thank you Johnny "Big Bad" Wolfe for the update.  Link

 RR 6  -7    7  -7  -6  6     5  -4  5     -5 5 -4   4    3 4    4      3    4   5
|   Th he | sun is sinking | low in the | sky above Ash | okan, the | pines and the |
   6  7     8      8  -9   8     -8      6   -7     7  -7 -6  6      5 -4 5
| willows know | soon we will | part. There's a | whisper in the | wind o f |
   -5 5 -4  4    3  4   4     3    4    5     6  7   8     6  -7 -8     7
| promises un | spoken, a | love that will | always re | main in my | heart.

5 -5      6       5   4     7   6  6      -6  -7   7      6   5    -4    5 -4  4
M  y | thoughts will re | turn to the | sound of your | laughter, the | magic of |
     3    2    3  r 6   6  5 -4     4    5    6   -7N r 7     -6  -7 -6
| mov'n' as | one.    |   And a | time we'll re | mem  ber | long ev er |
   6 5   4     3 4   5      6   7    5     -4  4   -3     4    9  -10
| after the | music and | moonlight and | dancing are | done. Will we |
    10  -10  -10    9      8    -8   8    -9   8   -8    7    -6 7    -6
| climb the hills once | more? Will we | walk the woods to | gether? Will |
  6   4   5     6   7   8     8    -9  8    -8   9-10 10 -10 -10 9     8    -8    8
| I feel you | holding me | close once a | gain? Will ev er   y  y | song we've sung |
   -9    8  -8  7    -6 7   -6     3    4    5    6    7    8    6  -7   -8
| stay with us for | ever? Will | you dance in | my dreams or | my arms 'til |
    7    5 -5    6    5   4      7   6   -6-7 7      6  5   -4    5  -4   4
| then? Under | the moon the | mountains li i e | sleeping. Ov | er the lake |
   -3    3     3-3   6   5-4    4  5   6   -7N  7   -6 -7 -7  7    6   5    4
| the stars | shin | e. They | wonder if | you and | I wi ll be | keeping, the |
   3 4   7     9 10   8     -8    7  -7     7
| magic and | music, or | leave them be | hind. |
 

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