Midnight Cowboy

by Harry Nilsson, Toots Thielemans · 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

MIDNIGHT COWBOY
W: Jack Gold
M: John Barry
Harry Nilsson, Toots Thielemans
Key: A

 -4    4   -3   3   -3’ -3’”   3  -2” 
(Mid-night cow-boy, mid-night cow-boy
-4   4   -3    3   4   -3’”  3  -2”
see the lone-some mid-night cow-boy)
  3   3   -3’”  3    3   -2” 2  -2”   
once his hopes were high as the sky
 4   4   4   4    4 -4’ 4 -3’
once a dream was eas-y to buy
 3   3    3 -3’”-3’” 3   -2”  2    -2”
too soon his eag-er fin-gers were burned
 4     4      4  4   4  -4’   4    -4
soon life’s lone-ly les-sons are learned
  5     4   4    4   4  -4 
hearts are made for car-ing
 5   4   4    4    4  -3’
life is made for shar-ing
 3   3  -3’”  3     3   -2” 2  -2” 
love is all that’s left in the end
 3   3  -3’”  3     3   -2” 2  -2”
love is all that’s left in the end
 3    3  -3’”  3    3  -2” 2   -2” 
love can turn the tide for a friend
-4    4    -3  3   -3’ -3’”   3  -2” 
Mid-night cow-boy, mid-night cow-boy
-4    4   -3   3   -3’ -3’”   3  -2”
Mid-night cow-boy, mid-night cow-boy
-4    4   -3   3   -3’ -3’”   3  -2”
Mid-night cow-boy, mid-night cow-boy

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound