My Sentimental Friend
by Herman's Hermits · posted by ,,,
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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.
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On the floor the people dance around2 -2 4 4 -3’-3 -3 -3”’ -3” -2” 1 -2” -3” 3 3
Moving close together, but there all alone in the corner3 -3” -3’-3” 3 -3” 4 4 -3 4 4
There's the girl I once knew, who broke me in two
CHORUS:
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So won't you please play a song, a sentimental song-4 4 -4 5 -4 4 -3” 5 4 -4
For my sentimental friend over there-3 4 -4 -4 4 -4 -4 4 -4 -5 -4 4 -4
We've been so long apart, make it go right to the heart-4 4 -4 5 -4 4 -4 5 -4 3
Of my sentimental friend over there4 -4 5 5 -4 5 5 -4 5 6 5 -4 5
Bring the tears to her eyes, help to make her realize6 6 -5 -5 5 5 -5 5 -4 4
The love we had was just beyond compare-5 5 -5 5 4 3 5 -4 5 -4 -3 3
Then if the time is right, maybe I'll hold her tight-4 -4 4 4 -3” 4 -4 4 4
My sentimental friend over there
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I recall the way she used to feel, when we heard a sad song-3 -3”’ -3” -2” 1 -2” -3” 3 3
The teardrops would fall and she'd hold me-3” -3’ -3” 3 -3” 4 4 -3 4 4
And tell me she'd be, forever with me
(REPEAT CHORUSx2)