Backstreet Girl

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

6  -7    6   -5  -6 -5 6 -5 5
I don't want you to be high--
-4  6    -4   4  -5 4  5 -4 4    
I don't want you to be down--
 6     -7  6   -5  -6  -5 6 -5 5 
Don't want to tell you no lie---
 -4   6   -4  4  -5 4 5 -4 4
Just want you to be a-round-
  -5    -6   -5   5  6  5  -5 5 -4
Please come right up to my ears---
 5   -7  5 -5 -5 -5  6    -5  5 4 -4
You will be able to hear what I say-
 6     -7   6  -5  -6 -5 6 -5 5
Don't want you out in my world-
 -4   6  -4 4   -5    4    5 -4 4
Just you be my back street girl--
  6     -7   6   -5  -6 -5 6 -5 5
Please don't be part of my life--
  -4    6    -4  4   4   -3 4 -3 3  
Please keep yourself to yourself--
  6      -7   6  -5 -6  -5 6 -5 5
Please don't you bother my wife--
 -4   6   -4   4    5  4  5 -4 4
That way you won't get no help--
 -5   -6  -5  5   6  5  -5 5 -4
Don't try to ride on my horse--
  5    -7 5   -5 -5  -5    6    -5 5 4 -4
You're rather common and coarse an-y-way-
  6    -7   6  -5  -6 -5 6 -5 5
Don't want you out in my world-
 -4   6  -4 4   -5    4    5 -4 4
Just you be my back street girl--
  6     -7    6   -5  -6 -5 6 -5 5
Please don't you call me at home--
  -4    6     -4    4  -5  4  5 -4 4
Please don't come knocking at night-
  6    -7 6   -5  -6 -5  6 -5 5
Please never ring on the phone-
 4    -4 6    -4  4 -5   4   5 -4 4 
Your manners are never quite right-
  -5    -6  -5   5  6  5 -5 5 -4
Please take the favors I grant--
 5  -7  5   -5  -5 -5  6     -5   5  -4
Curtsy and look nonchalant, just for me
  6    -7   6   -5  -6 -5 6 -5 5
Don't want you part of my world-
 -4   6  -4 4   -5    4    5 -4 4
Just you be my back street girl--

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