Twelve Gates To The City

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+: 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

TWELVE GATES TO THE CITY
American folk hymn
Key: E

6    7*  6  -8  -8 -7   7* 6
Oh, what a beau-ti-ful cit-y
-8   -9 -8  10  10 -9  -8-77*
Oh, what a beau-ti-ful cit-y
6    7*  6  -8  -8 -7   7* 6
Oh, what a beau-ti-ful cit-y
  -8    -8   -7 -8   7* 6
Twelve gates to the cit-y, 
-6* -6*65*-46
hal-le-lu-jah
 -8    -8   -7  7*  -8
Three gates to the east
 -8    -8   -7  7*  6
Three gates to the west
 -8    -8   -7  7* -7 -8
Three gates to the north
 10    -8   -7  7*   6
Three gates to the south
   6     -8     -8   -7 -8   7* 6
There’s twelve gates to the cit-y, 
-6* -6*65*-46
hal-le-lu-jah
6    7*  6  -8  -8 -7   7* 6
Oh, what a beau-ti-ful cit-y
-8   -9 -8  10  10 -9  -8-77*
Oh, what a beau-ti-ful cit-y
6    7*  6  -8  -8 -7   7* 6
Oh, what a beau-ti-ful cit-y
  -8    -8   -7 -8   7* 6
Twelve gates to the cit-y, 
-6* -6*65*-46
hal-le-lu-jah
6  -8  -7*  -8    -7   6   -8 -7*  -8  7*
Oh who are those chil-dren dressed in red
   6      -8    -8   -7 -8   7* 6
There’s twelve gates to the cit-y, 
-6* -6*65*-46
hal-le-lu-jah
6   -8 -7* -8   -7*  7*  -8-7*-8 7*
It must be the chil-dren Mo-ses led
   6      -8    -8   -7 -8   7* 6
There’s twelve gates to the cit-y, 
-6* -6*65*-46
hal-le-lu-jah

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