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Oh Du Schöner Westerwald
by Heino
Title: O Du Schöner Westerwald
Time: 4/4, Tempo: Q=130, rhythmic marching
Capo: 2, optionally for higher pitch
Play a steady bass line in the quarters. Eighths are marked '+'.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Play the 6th string bass 2nd fret (in the D chord) with your thumb wrap around.
[Verse]
G + Am +
E|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
B|------------------------|-----------0---------|-------------------0----|-1-------------------|
G|------------------------|-0----2--------------|--------------2---------|---------------------|
D|-0--------0---2----0----|------0---------0----|-2--------2-------------|------2----2---------|
A|------2------------x----|---------------------|------0------------0----|------0---------0----|
E|-3------------3---------|-3---------3---------|-0------------0---------|-0---------0---------|
Heu- te wollen wir marschier'n, ei- nen neuen Marsch probier'n,
Und die Grete und der Hans geh'n des Sonntags gern zum Tanz,
Ist das Tanzen dann vorbei, gibt es meistens Schlägerei,
D + G + D7 + G
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
B|------------------------|------0----0--------0---|-3------------3----1----|-0-------------------|
G|-2--------2---2----2----|-0--------------0-------|----------2-------------|---------------------|
D|------0------------0----|------0---------0-------|------0------------0----|------0---------0----|
A|-0------------0---------|-----------2------------|-0------------0---------|-----------2---------|
E|------------------------|-3----------------------|------------------------|-3-------------------|
in dem schönen Westerwald, ja da pfeift der WInd so kalt.
weil das Tanzen Freude macht und das Herz im Leibe lacht.
und dem Bursch, den das nicht freut, sagt man, er hat keinen Schneid.
[Chorus]
G C G + + +
E|---------------------|------0--------------|------0---/3----0----|--------------3---------------|
B|---------------------|-0---------3---------|-1-------------------|-3--------3-------3-----------|
G|----------------0----|----------------0----|---------------------|------4---------------4-------|
D|-0-------------------|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|------5---------------5---5---|
A|------2---------2----|-----------2---------|-3---------3---------|------------------------------|
E|-3---------3---------|-3-------------------|---------------------|-3------------3---------------|
Oh, du schö- ner Wes- ter- wald,
G + + + + D7 + + Am
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
B|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|-3--------1---1------------|------0----1---------|
G|-----0---------------0-----------|-----------------------2---|-2--------------2----|
D|---------0---------------0-------|------0------------0-------|------2---------2----|
A|-----------------2---------------|-0------------0------------|-0---------0---------|
E|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
ü- ber deine Höhen pfeift der Wind so kalt je- doch der kleinste
C + D + G
E|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
B|------------------------|--------------0---------|---------------------|
G|-0----------------------|-------------------2----|-0-------------------|
D|------x---4---4----2----|-0--------0-------------|------0---------0----|
A|-3------------0---------|------0------------0----|-----------2---------|
E|------------------------|-2------------2---------|-3-------------------|
Son- nenschein dringt tief ins Herz hi- nein.
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| x Dead note
| / Slide up
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