Pretty Paper

by Roy Orbison · posted by Noel_Harmonica

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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

TO A WALTZ BEAT
VERSE
  5   -5    6     6 -6   6  
Crowd-ed street, bus-y feet
 -6   6  5  6
Hust-le by him,
  7   -8    8   7
Down-town shop-pers,
  -9    8  -8  7
Christ-mas is nigh,
   7  -8  8     8 -9  8
There he sits, all a-lone,
-8  7   -6   7
On the side-walk,
-7   7    -8   -6
Hop-ing, that you,
  -7   7 -7 -6   6
Won't pa-ss him by.
   5   -5  6      6  -6   6
Should I stop?  Bett-er, not,
 -6   6   5  6
Much too bus-y,
   7    7 -8  8  7
You're in a hurr-y,
-9   8   -8    7
My, how time flies,
 7  -8  8    8
In the dis-tance,
-9    8  -8    7   -6   7
The ring-ing, of laugh-ter,
-7  -7  7    -8  -6  -7    7   -7
And in the midst of the laugh-ter,
-6   6
He cries:

CHORUS
 5  -5  6  5
Pret-ty Pa-per
 5   6  -6   6   5   6
Pret-ty Rib-bons of blue
 -4    5    6  -4
Wrap your pres-ents
-4  5   -5  -5   6    5
To your dar-lin from you
  5 -5   6   5   -4   4
Pret-ty pen-cils to write
5  6   -5
I love you
 5  -4   5  3
Pret-ty Pa-per
 5  -4   3   4   -3  3
Pret-ty rib-bons of blue

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