Maria (chromatic)

by from: "The Sound Of Music" · posted by WaltP

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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

MARIA
By Rogers & Hammerstein
From: The Sound Of Music
Key: C

7  -6*  7    8   6 -5*   6   7   5  -4-5
How do you solve a prob-lem like Ma-ri-a?
7  -6*  7    8   6  -5*   6   7  5   -5
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
6  -5*  6   7   5  -4   5     6   7  -7 8
How do you find a word that means Ma-ri-a?
-9 -9   -9 -9  -9  -9
A flib-ber-ti-jib-bet! 
-9 8   8   8    8   8  -8
A will-o'-the wisp! A clown!

7  -6*7   8    6   -5*   6     7   5  -4  -5
Man-y a thing you know you'd like to tell her
7  -6*7   8    6   -5*   6  7  8   -9
Man-y a thing she ought to un-der-stand
-9  -9* 7   7    7   7   7
But how do you make her stay
-9* -9   7  7   7   7   7   
And lis-ten to all you say
8   7   7   7   7   7  7  7   8   -9
How do you keep a wave up-on the sand

-7   7 -6*  7    8   6  -5*  6   7   8  10-10
Oh, how do you solve a prob-lem like Ma-ri-a?
10  -9  8   -8 -7  10   -9   8  -8    8
How do you hold a moon-beam in your hand?

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