The Masquerade

by Ted Black & His Orchestra · posted by waltp

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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 MASQUERADE
W: Paul Francis Webster
M: John Jacob Loeb
Ted Black & His Orchestra
Key: G
Time: 3/4

-1    2   -2*   2    -1
Twi-light soon will fade
 -1   2   -2* 3   2  -2*  2   -1
I'll meet you at the mas-quer-ade
 -5   -5    -5   -5   -6*   6
While our hearts are swing-ing
5  6 -5  -4   -5   4   -3   3...
To vi-o-lins sing-ing till dawn

-1  2    -2*   2   -1
Lov-er dressed in jade
 -1  2   -2*  3   2  -2*  2   -1
Hold me tight at the mas-quer-ade
-5 -5  -5  -5  -6*    6
If the mus-ic halts, dear
 5   6   -5    -4   -5     5     -3   3...
Then my heart will waltz, dear, right on

 -2*   3* -3*  -4  4*  -5
Twelve o'clock is chim-ing
-3* -4  -6* -2* 3* -3*
On the clock up a-bove
-3  -4   4*   -5  6    -6*   5*
Now if you'll un-mask your heart
 -5   -6*  6    6   -5
I'll love you, love you

-1    2   -2*   2   -1
Mid-night shad-ows fade
-1  2   -2* 3   2  -2*  2   -1
No one else at the mas-quer-ade
-5  -5  -5   -5   -6*     6
Ev-‘ry-thing is through, dear
 5  6   -5  -4  -5    5     -3   3...
But my love for you, dear, lives on

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