Skyliner

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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

SKYLINER
By: Charlie Barnet
Manhattan Transfer
Key: C

-8  -7* -7 -8  -7* -7
Sky-lin-er Sky-lin-er
 7  -6  -7   7  -6
Fly-ing so free-ly
6   -5  7   6   -5  -4    5   6
We seem to real-ly touch hea-ven
  7   -8  -9  -10 -7 8   10  11
(High-er High-er  Ev-er High-er)

-8   -7*  -7   -8  -7*  -7
Sun-beams all dance on your
  7    -6   -7    7    -6
Wings where the light falls
 6   -5   7     6    -5
And then when night falls
  5     5   5   5
Stars dance a-bove
 8  -8 -7* -7  -7* -8
giv-ing a show for the 
 8  -8 -7* -7 -7* 8   7
peo-ple be-low as we fly 
7* 8  -9*-10* 9*    -8  -7*  -7   7*  7
As we fly so high, hear-ing each sin-gle
 -6* 7   7* -7  7*  7   -6*  7  -7  8
Beat of the mo-tors re-peat with a sigh
7* -8  7
By and by

 -8   -7* -7   -8
I’ll hold her close
 -7*   -7    7    -6   -7   7   -6
That’s the sweet song they sing me
 6  -5  7    6   -5  5   8   8
Sky-lin-er bring me home to love

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