Keep on the Sunny Side

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

Keep on the Sunny Side


  4     4   4   -4 5  -4 5    4    4   3  
There's a dark and a troubled side of life,

 4    4     5   6     6  -6  6 6   4    -4
But there's a bright and a sunny side, too.

 -4     5   -5   -5  -5   6  -4   -4    5 -4  4
Though you meet with the darkness and  strife,

 4    5 -4   -4  -3 -3 3  -3   4
The  sunny side you also  may view.

 6    6  -6   6 5    4  -4 -3*  4  4   4 3   3
Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side.

  4  4   4  -4 5  -4    4   -4   
Keep on the sunny side of life.  

6   6    -6  6   6 5   4
It will help us every day,

4   5    -4  4     4  -3* 4      
It will brighten all the way  

4   -4     5  -5  -5   5 4  4   -4   4
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life

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