I Believe I Can Fly

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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

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I used to think that I  could not go on

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and life was nothing but an awful so-n-g

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But now I know the meaning of true  l-o-v-e

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I'm leaning on the everlasting  a-r-m-s


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If I can see it

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then I can  d---o   it

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if I just believe it

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there's nothing to  i-----------t  

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I believe I  can fly

8  8   8  -8   7    -8   7   7
I believe  I  can touch the sky

6   8   8  8  8   8  8   8    -9  -9
I think about it every night and day

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spread my wings and fly   a-way

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I believe I  can  soar 

6  8  8   8  -8    -8     7   -8 7  -8 7 -8 8 -9
I see me running through that open   d-o-o-r

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 I  believe I   can fly 

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I believe I   can  f-ly

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 I  believe I  can   f-l-y


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See I was on the verge of breaking down

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Sometimes  silence  can seem so  l-o-u-d

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There are miracles in  life   I   mu-st 

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a-c-h-i-e-v-e

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but first I  know it  starts inside of m-------e

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