The Band Played On (chrom)

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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

THE BAND PLAYED ON chrom
W: John Palmer
M: Charles B. Ward
Guy Lombardo
Key: G
Time: 3/4

3  -4    3    -2*   -4 -2*  2    3  2   -1
Ca-sey would waltz with a straw-ber-ry blond 
 2   3   -2*   4    4
And the band played on. 
 -1   -2*    -3   -2*   2
He’d glide ‘cross the floor 
 -1   2   -2* -3-2*  2 
With the girl he a-dor’d 
-1   2   -1   -4    -4
And the band played on. 
 2  -2*   3    3  3   -2* -2*
But his brain was so load-ed  
-2* -2  -2 -2  2   2
it near-ly ex-plod-ed 
 2   2    2     2     2    -3 -4  4
The poor girl would shake with a-larm 
  2    2    -1*   2   3
He’d ne’er leave the girl 
 -2*  2   -1    2 -2*   3
with the straw-ber-ry curls. 
-3  -4   2    -2*   3
And the band played on.

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