Bleeker Street

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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)

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Tab

  7    7   7   -7 -7  -6   -6  6   6   6
Fog's rol-ling in off the East Ri-ver bank

 8   9    9   8   8  8    -8   7    7
Like a shroud it co-vers Blee-ker Street

  7   -8  -8  8     8   -8    7
Fills the al-leys where men sleep

  7   -8    8   9    -8  -8    7
Hides the shep-herd from the sheep



 7   7   -7  -7   -7 -6 -6  -6 6
Voi-ces leak-ing from a sad ca-fe

  8   9   9  9  -8  -9  8 -8    7
Smil-ing fa-ces try to un-der-stand

7  7 -8   8  8    8   8  8   -8    7
I saw a sha-dow touch a sha-dow's hand

-8   8   9  8 -8 7
On Blee-ker Street



7  7  7  -7   -7   -6   -6   6
A po-et reads his crook-ed rhyme

 8 9    9 9  -8 -9   8 -8   7
Ho-ly, ho-ly is his sa-cra-ment

  7  -8  8   8    8    -8   7
Thir-ty dol-lars pays your rent

-8   8   9  8 -8 7
On Blee-ker Street



7   7   7   -7    -7   -6  -6   6
I heard a church bell soft-ly chime

8  9  9  9 9  -8 -9 8  -8
In a me-lo-dy sus-tain-ing

 7  -8  8    8   -8  7   7
It's a long road to Caa-nan

-8   8   9  8 -8 7
On Blee-ker Street

5 5 6 -5 5     -7
Ooh-------  Ooh-------

7 -7 -6 -6’ -6 6
Ooh------


  6  5 -4    4
Blee- ker Street

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