This Song For You

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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

 6 6   -6  6    6   6   6  -66    6    6   -5   5   -5  6   -4
Hello darling, this is the army, I've just got the time to write.

 5-5  -5 -5 6     -5     -5  -5 -5   6    -4   4       5     5  -5 -5  6  -5    5
Today we attack, there's no turning back, the boys, they're all ready for the fight.

 6   6   -6    6   6     6   6   6    -6    5    6   -5  -5  5   -4
Yes I'm well, but this place is like Hell. They call it Passchendaele.

5   -5  -5   6 -5 -5    5  -5   -5  -5  6 -5   -5   5  -4   4    5   -5 -5   6   -5   5
In nineteen-seventeen, the war must be ending, the Gen'ral said this attack will not fail.

6   6   -6 -6   -6   -6  -6 -6   -6 -6  -7-7-7
So I'm writing down this simple, little melody.

 5    5   7   -7 -6  6     -6   4  -4 5
When you play it my love, think of me__.

  5   5   5 5 -4  -4  -4   5   -4   4
We'll be together in this song for you.

 6  6   6
And it goes...



 6 6 6 -6 6   6 6 6 -6 6   6 -5 5 -5 6 -4
-5 -5 -5 6 -5   -5 -5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 4 -4 5 -5 5 5



 6    6   6   -6    6   6 6 6  6     -6    6    6    6  -5  5   -5    6    -4
They got old Bill, the misogynist's still out there wounded in some shell hole.

 5   -5   -5   6   -5  -5  -5   6    -4   4  5   5 5   -5  5   5
They say this war will end all wars, oh God, I really hope it will.

 6     6   -6  6    6   6     6    -6 6     6     6    -5  5   -5  6   -4
How's old England? Are they still singin' those songs that we used to sing?

 5   -5   -5  -5 6 -5  -5   -5  -5 -5  -5 6 -5     5  -4   4    5   5   -5  6  -5 5   5
When all this is over we'll go sailing in Dover, catching fish like we used to on a string.

6  -6  -6  -6  -6  -6  -6  -6  -7  -7  -7
Oh, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you so,

5   5    7  -7  -6  6    -6   4   -4 5
If they get me, my love, you will know.

  5    5  5  5   5 5 -4  -4  -4   5   -4   4
We'll always be together in this song for you.

 6  6   6
And it goes...



 6 6 6 -6 6   6 6 6 -6 6   6 -5 5 -5 6 -4
-5 -5 -5 6 -5   -5 -5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 4 -4 5 -5 5 5
 6 6 6 -6 6   6 -6 -7 -6 6   6 -5 5 -5 6 -4
-5 -5 -5 6 -5   -5 -5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 4 -4 5 -5 5 5

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