You Can Make It If You Try

by Ted Jarrett / Buddy Guy / The Rolling Stones · posted by chibluesteve

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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

 7  -6   7   -6 -6 -6  6 5 -4 4  
You can make it if you try-----
 8  -8  -8 7 7  -6 -6   6
You can make it if you try
 8  -8  -8 7 7  -8 -8  7 -6 6 
You can make it if you try---
7   5 -4 4   
Oh, yes---, 
 5   6   -6  7  -6 -6  6 5 -4 4
you can make it if you try-----

 7   7 -6 -6   6   5  6 5 -4 4
Sometimes you have to cry-----
 8  -8 7  -6   -6  6   6  
Sometimes you have to lie
 6   -6   8   -8 -8  7  7 -6 6
You gon' live until you die---
7   5 -4 4   
Oh, yes---, 
 5   6   -6  7  -6 -6  6 5 -4 4
you can make it if you try-----

-6 -8 7 7  7  -8    7    7     
If your baby treat you wrong
  6   -6 7 7 -6 6   -6  6   6    6
Don't go a-round-  singing the blues
-6 7 -8  -6 7    7    -6  8 -8 -8 7 -8 7  -6  
Remember my-- friend that everybody can't win
 -8 7 7   -8 -8 -8   -6  6   6     
Somebody, somebody's got to lose

 7  -6   7   -6 -6 -6  6 5 -4 4  
You can make it if you try-----
 8  -8  -8 7 7  -6 -6   6
You can make it if you try
 8  -8  -8 7 7  -8 -8  7 -6 6 
You can make it if you try---
7   5 -4 4   
Oh, yes---, 
 5   6   -6  7  -6 -6  6 5 -4 4
you can make it if you try-----

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound