Sway

by The Rolling Stones · posted by chibluesteve

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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

 4  -4  5 5   6   5   -4 -4 4 
Did you ever wake up  to find
4  5   5     6   6   5   -4 4 
A day that broke up your mind
 5   5     5    6 -6  6  -6  7 7  6 -5
Destroyed your notion of circular time
 -8   -8   -8  8 -8   8   -8  -8   7   7 -6   7
It's just that demon life has got you in its sway
 -8   -8   -8  8 -8   8   -8  -8   7   7 -6   7
It's just that demon life has got you in its sway

 4     -4  5     5   6   5  5   -4 -4   4
Ain't flinging tears out on the dusty ground
 4   5    5     6  6   5 -4   4
For my friends on the dusty ground
 5      5    5   6 -6    6  -6  7    7     6 -5
Can't stand the feeling getting so brought down
 -8   -8   -8  8 -8   8   -8  -8   7   7 -6   7
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
 -8   -8   -8  8 -8   8   -8  -8   7   7 -6   7
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway

  8    -8   7 -8   6   -6 -4 4 
There must be ways to find out
 8   -8  7  -8   6   -6  6  -6  4   -3   4   -4 
Love is the way they say is really strutting out

 8  -8  7  -8  6  6  6 4
One day I woke up to find
  8   -8  7  -8   6   6  -6 7
Right in the bed next to mine
 8  -8   7    -8   8  8   8   8 -6 7   -6  7 -6 -5 6
Someone that broke me up with a corner of her smile
 -8   -8   -8  8 -8   8   -8  -8  7  7  -6   7
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
 -8   -8   -8  8 -8   8   -8  -8  7  7  -6   7
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
 -8   -8   -8  8 -8   8   -8  -8  7  7  -6   7
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
(repeat and fade)

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