Broken Hearted Melody

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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

 8  -8    8   -8 8  -8 7
Bro-ken heart-ed me-lo-dy

 -8   7   -8   7   8   -8  7
Once you were our song of love.

 8  -8   8    -8    8   -8  7
Now you just keep taunt-ing me

 -8   7  8  7  7   7 6
With the me-mo-ry   of

 6   7  -7   -6   -6’
His ten-der love. Oh,



 6   5    6   5  -6 -7 -6
Bro-ken heart-ed me-lo-dy

 6    5   6   5  -6   -7  -6
Must you keep re-mind-ing me

7  -6   7  -6  -8  8   -8
Of the lips I long to kiss

 7  -6   7  -6  -8    8   -8  8  -8  7
And the love I miss since he went a-way.

  8   -8   8   -8   7
Night and day they play.



 6     6   5    5   5  -6 -7 -6
That  bro-ken heart-ed me-lo-dy

 6   5   6   5   -6  -7 -6
That he used to sing to me

 7   -6   7   -6   -8    8   -8
When our love was young and bright

7  -6  7   -6  -8
As he held me tight

 8  -8  8 -8   7   8 -8   8  -8   7
Sud-den-ly I found I was out of bound



 6   8   -8   8  -8 8   -8  7
Bro-ken heart-ed me-lo-   dy

 -8   7   -8  7   8   -8  7
Once you were my song of love.

 8  -8   8    -8    8   -8  7
Now you just keep taunt-ing me 

 -8   7  8  7  7  7
With the me-mo-ry of

 6   7  -7   -6   -6’
His ten-der love. Oh,



 6   5    6   5  -6 -7 -6
Bro-ken heart-ed me-lo-dy

 6     5    6    5   -6  -7 -6
Won`t you bring him back to me

 7   -6  7  -6 -8  8   -8
Sing to him un-til he hears,

 7   -6  7  -6  -8   8   -8   8   -8 7
For when he re-turns no more will he be,

6  8  -8    8   -8 8  -8 7
A bro-ken heart-ed me-lo-dy.



 8    9  8   9  8   9  8   9  8   -8  7
Oooo, oo-oo, oo-oo, oo-oo, oo-oo, oo oooo

 8    9  8   9  8   9  8   9  8   -8  7
Oooo, oo-oo, oo-oo, oo-oo, oo-oo, oo oooo

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