4 + 20

by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young · posted by Turkey_Man

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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

 -4  -4   -4  4*   4*  -4 -4  3* -2* 2  -2*   3*
Four and twen-ty years ago I come in-to this life
 3* -4 -4 4* 4* -4  -4 -4  3*  -2*  2  -2*   3*
The son of a wo-man and a man who lived in strife
3*  2    3    2  2  2   2
He was tired of be-ing poor
 2   2   3  3  -3 -4  -3   3*  -1   2   2
And he was-n&rsquo;t in-to sell-ing door to door
  2  2   3     -3  -4  -3  3  -1  2   2
And he worked like the de-vil to be more

-4 -4   -4    -4  4* 4* -4 -4  3* -2*  2  -2* 3* 
A dif-frent kind of pov-er-ty now up-sets me so
 -4    -4 4*   4*   -4   -4  -4  3*  -2*   2 
Night aft-er sleep-less night I walk the floor
 2  3*  -2* 2   2    3   2 2  3 2   2 
And I want to know, why am I so a-lone?
  2    3 -3 -4  -3   3  -1  2    2    2     
Where is my wo-man? Can I bring her home?
  2  2  3   3  -3  -4 -3  -1  2    2     
Have I dri-ven her a-way? Is she gone?

 -4   -4   -4  4*  4*  -4   -4  -4   3* -2* 2 -2* 3*
Morn-ing comes to sun-rise and I&rsquo;m driv-en to my bed
3* -4  -4  -4  4* 4* -4  -4   -4    3*  -2*  2 -2*  3*
I see that it is emp-ty and there&rsquo;s dev-ils in my head
3* 2   3    2   2  2   3  2     2
I em-brace the man-y col-ored beast
2   2    3  3  -3 -4  -3   3    3    -1   2  2   2
I grow wear-y of the tor-ment, can there be no peace
 2 2   3   3  -3   -4   -3   3   -1   2   2
An I find my-self just wish-ing that my life
  2    2   2    2
Would sim-ply cease

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