Life's Railway To Heaven (2nd pos)

by Hymn · posted by WaltP

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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

LIFE’S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN 2nd pos
W: M. E. Abbey
M: Charles D. Tillman
Key: G
Time: 3/4
Harp: C

 -3  -3  -3  3  -3”  -3   -3”  3
 -7  -7  -7  6  -6   -7   -6   6
Life is like a moun-tain rail-road  

 3   3  3  -3” 3     2     -1
 6   6  6  -6  6     5     -4
with an en-gi-neer that's brave  

-1  -1   3   -1   3  -3”  -3  -3
-4  -4   6   -4   6  -6   -7  -7
We must make the run suc-cess-ful  

 3    3  -3” -3” 3  -3   -3”
 6    6  -6  -6  6  -7   -6
from the cra-dle to the grave  

 -3   -3    -3    3   -3”  -3  -3”  3
 -7   -7    -7    6   -6   -7  -6   6
Watch the curves the fills the tun-nels  

 3  3   3  -3”  3  2   -1
 6  6   6  -6   6  5   -4
Nev-er fal-ter nev-er quail  

 -1   -1   3   -1 3  -3”  -3   -3
 -4   -4   6   -4 6  -6   -7   -7
Keep your hand up-on the throt-tle  

 3   -3” -3  3  -3”-3”  3
 6   -6  -7  6  -6 -6   6
and your eye up-on the rail  


  4   4   4   4   3    -3”  -3   -3
  7   7   7   7   6    -6   -7   -7
Bless-ed Sav-ior Thou wilt guide us  

 -4  -4  -4    -3   -3”   3   -3”
 -8  -8  -8    -7   -6    6   -6
Till we reach that bliss-ful shore  
 -3    4  -5  -4   -3  3   2   3
 -7    7  -9  -8   -7  6   5   6
Where the an-gels wait to join us,  

3  -3”   -4    3  -3”-3” 3
6  -6    -8    6  -6 -6  6
in Thy praise for-ev-er more

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