Letter to Dana (complete)

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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

Original key C#
Dorian mode D# (D# F F# G# A# C C#)
-4 5 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 -4 5 -5 5
-4 5 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 -4
-4 5 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 -4 5 -5 5
-4 5 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 -4
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-4 -4 -4 -5 -5 -5 5 -4 4 -4
Dana, my darling, I'm writing to you.
4 4 4 -3" 4 4 -4 4 -5 5 -4 -4
Cause your father passed away, it was a beautiful day
-4 -4 6 6 -5 6 -6 6 -5 5 -4
And I don't want to bother You anymore,
-4 -4 -3" 4 4 4 4
I used to hope you'd come back
4 -5 -5 5 4 -5 5 4&nbsp;
But not anymore Dana.
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-4 -4 -4 -5 -5 -5 5 -4 4 -4
My eyes might have betrayed me, but I have seen
-6 -6 -5 -5 -6 7 -7 -6 7 -7 -6 6 -7 -6
Your picture on the cover of a filthy magazine
-5 -5 6 6 -5 6 -6 6 -5 5 -4
And I think my heart just cannot handle that
-5 -5 -5 6 -5 -5 -5 5 4
Dana, my darling, would be so bad.
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-4 5 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 -4 5 -5 5
-4 5 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 -4
-5 6 -6 -7 -6 7 -7 -6 -5 6 -6 6
-5 6 -6 -7 -6 7 -7 -6 -5
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-4 -4 -4 -5 -5 -5 5 -4 4 -4
Dana my darling I'm writing to you
4 4 4 -3" 4 4 -4 4 -5 5 -4 -4
Your mother passed away it was a really rainy day
-4 -4 6 6 -5 6 -6 6 -5 5 -4
And I didn't mean to bother you anymore
-4 -4 -3" 4 4 -4 4
Your mother wished: Come visit
4 -5 5 4
your fathers grave,
-5 5 4
Dana
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-4 -4 -4 -5 -5 -5 5 -4 4 -4
Your father disowned you because you have sinned
4 4 4 -3" 4 4 -4 4 -5 5 -4 4 -4
But he did forgive you in condition he was in
-4 -4 6 6 -5 6 -6 6 -5 5 -4
And I hope you won't do those things anymore
-5 -5 -5 6 -5 -5 -5 5 4
Dana My darling I'm waiting for
&nbsp;
-4 5 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 -4 5 -5 5
Dana O'Hara oh, Dana my dear,
-4 5 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 -4
How I wish that my Dana was here
-4 5 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 -4 5 -5 5
Little Dana O'Hara decided one day
-4 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 -4
to travel away, faraway
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6 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 5 -4
No, you can't surprise me anymore
-6 -7&nbsp;
-7-7-7 -6 6 -5
I have seen it all before
6 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 5 -4
But it seems I cannot let you go
-6 6 -6 6 -6 6 -9 -8
Anyhow, Dana, Dana, Dana, Dana
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SOLO
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-5 -5 -5 -3" -5 5
And I think that I told you,&nbsp;
-4 -4 4 -3 -3" -1
I'd wait for you forever
-5 -5 6 -5 -5 -5 5 -4 5
Now I know someone else's holding you,
-3" -4 5 -5 -4 -4 -5 -4
so, for the first time in my life
-5 6 6
I must lie
-4 6
Lie's a sin
-6 -7 -6 4
mess that I am in,
-4 -5 -7 -8 7 -7 -7 -6
Love is not the thing I feel know
6 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -6 6 -6 6 -6 -8 7 -7 -6 5o 5
I promise you: I won't write again 'til the sun sets behind your grave
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SOLO
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-4 5 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 -4 5 -5 5
-4 5 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 -4 5 -5 5
-4 5 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 -4 5 -5 5
-4 5 -5 6 -5 -6 6 -5 5 -5 -4 4 -3 -3"
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-4 -4 -4 -5 -5 -5 5 -4 4 -4
Dana, oh, Dana I'm writing to you,&nbsp;
4 4 4 -3" 4 4 -4 4 -5 5 -4 -4
I heard you passed away it was a beautiful day
-4 -4 6 6 -5 6 -6 6 -5 5 -4
I'm old and I feel time will come for me,&nbsp;
-4 -5 -5 -5 6 -5 -5 -5 5 4&nbsp;
my diary's pages are full of thee
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-5 6 -6 -7 -6 7 -7 -6 -5 6 -6 6
Dana O'Hara oh, Dana my dear,
-5 6 -6 -7 -6 7 -7 -6 -5
How I wish that my Dana was here
-5 6 -6 -7 -6 7 -7 -6 -5 6 -6 6
Little Dana O'Hara decided one day
-5 6 -6 -7 -6 7 -7 -6 -5
to travel away, faraway
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