The Beer Barrel Polka
(Brown-Tim-Vejvoda) Liberace,  The Mills Brothers, Andrews Sisters, Mitch Miller Band

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