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One ( Bb harp)

by Three Dog Night · posted by gene

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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
The song is in Cm.  Third position is played on a Bb harp.


-8  7  -8   7  -6  6  -5  -5 
One is the lon-li-est num-ber 

 -5    6    6 -6  -6
That you'll e-ver do 

-8  -8  7  -8  7  -6  6 
Two can be as bad as one 

-5   -5  -5  -5  6   6   6  
It's the lon-li-est num-ber 

 -5   -5  -5   6  -4’
Since the num-ber one 



-8 7  -8   7  -6    6 -5     -5 
No is the sad-dest ex-per- i- ence 

   6    6 -6 -6
You'll ev-er know 

-8    8   -9   8    8  -8 -8 -6  6
Yes, it's the sad-dest ex-per-i-ence 

 -5   -5    6 -6   4
That you'll e-ver know 

 6   6  6  -5   6 -5  -5  -5
One is the lon-li-est num-ber 

  -5   6 -6 -6 
You'll e-ver do 

-8  -8 -8  -8  -8 -6   6  -5 
One is the lon-li-est num-ber 

 -5     6    -6  -6 
Woah, worse than two 




-6    7   -6  7   7 -6  7 
It's just no good a-ny more 

  7   -6   7  -8 -6 
Since she went a-way 

-6 -6  -6   -6  -5  -6   -6  -6   -5
Now I spend my time just mak-ing rhymes 

-5 -6   6  -6 -6’ -6
Of yes-ter-   day 

-8   8 -9   8  -8 -8  -8  -8
One is the lon-li-est num-ber

-8  8  -9    9  -8 -8  -8 -8
One is the lone-li-est number

-10  9 -9   8  -9  8   8  -9 
One is the lon-li-est num-ber 

  8    8    8 -8  -8
That you'll e-ver do 

-8   8 -9    8 -8 -8   -8   8 -9   9  -8 -8
One is the lon-li-est, one is the lon-li-est

-10  9 -9    8 -9  8   8  -9 
One is the lon-li-est num-ber 

  8    8   -9 -8  -8
That you'll e-ver do 

-6    7   -6  7   7 -6  7
It's just no good a-ny more 

  7   -6   7  -8 -6
Since she went a-way 



Play this next part three times: 
-8   8 -9   8  -8 -8
One is the lon-li-est 

-8   8 -9    9  -8 -8
One is the lone-li-est 

-10  9 -9   8  -9  8    8 -9
One is the lon-li-est num-ber 

  8    8    8 -8  -8 
That you'll e-ver do 


 -8 -8  -8  9 -9   8  -9  8    8 -9
Num-ber one is the lon-li-est num-ber 

  8    8    8 -8  -8 
That you'll e-ver do 


Oh, by the way:  Have fun with this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svYDNrJQPDM
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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