Crazy Arms (chromatic)

by Chuck Seals/Ralph Mooney · posted by harmusman

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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

Crazy Arms, Jerry Lee Lewis's first hit, 1956

 4   -4  4  -5  -5<  -5   4  -3<  -1 -2
Blue is not the/word for the/way that I/

 1   -3 3<  -3   3<  -3  -5  4   -3   -3<  -3
feel and a/storm is brew-ing/in this heart of/

 3~~~~~~~~~   4     4   -5 -5< -5<  -5  4
mine---/--- /this ain't no/cra-zy dream I/

 -3<  -1   -2   1     -3    -3  -5   4  -3
know that it's/real you're/some-one els-e's/

 -3<  3    -2    2   -2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
love now/you're not mine/(not mine,not mine //

 4  -5 -5<  -5<   -5   4  -3<   -3< -2 -1
Cra-zy/arms that reach to/hold some-bod-y/

 1  -3  3<  -3   3<   -3    -5
new but my/yearn-ing heart keeps/

 4  -3    -2    2   -2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~        4
say-ing you're not/mine-/(not mine not mine)my/

 4    4    4    -5    -5< -5 4  -3< -3<  -2   -1
trou-bled mind knows/soon to an-oth-er you'll be/

 1  -3    -3    4  -3  -3<  3  -2   2
wed and that's why I'm/lone-ly all the/

 -2~~~~~~~~
time---/--- /

2v Please take the treasured dreams I've had for
   you and me
   and take all the love I thought was mine
   Someday my crazy arms may hold someone new
   But now I'm so lonely all the time

   Crazy arms that reach (etc.)

Harmusman

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