Swallowtail

Traditional Irish Jig

Key of Em (Dorian) – 6/8 time

Blues minor (double cross) – 3^rd position

Part A:

Em

5o 4o 4o 6o 4o 4o | 5o 4o 6o 6* 5o---

D

5* 4* 4* 6* 4* 4* | 7* 7o 7* 6* 5o 5*---

Em

5o 4o 4o 6o 4o 4o | 5o 4o 6o 6* 5o---

Em D Em

7* 7o 7* 6* 5o 5* | 5o 4o 4o 4o---

(repeat once)

Part B:

Em

6o 7o 7* 8o--8* 8o--8* 8o 7* 6o

Em D

6o 7o 7* 8o--8* 8o 7* 6o 7*--

Em

6o 7o 7* 8o--8* 8o--8* 8o 7* 6o

Em D Em

7* 7o 7* 6* 5o 5* | 5o 4o 4o 4o---

(repeat once)

Typical playing pattern: AA BB

Tab key: o è draw arranged for harmonica by Cara Cooke

* è blow

- è hold note

Each number indicates the hole on the harmonica.

Each number/play-direction combination or dash indicates a beat so that the time can be simply counted.

Parentheses indicate “pick-up notes” which are not required for the basic tune, but may make it interesting.

(Pick-up notes steal their time from the notes around them, making them a little shorter. Fit them in where you can.)

The “|” indicates a break in the phrase for reading ease. The individual lines are broken at the end of the phrase.