The Road to Hell
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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 5 5 5 5 5
Well I'm stand-ing by a river
-4 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4
But the wa-ter does-n't flow
-3' 4 3' 4 -3' 5 -4
It boils with ev-'ry poi-son
2 -2 4 -3'
You can think of
4 -4 5 5 5
And I'm un-der-neath
-4 5 5
The street-lights
-3' 4 -4 4 -4 5 - 4
But the light of joy I know
4 -3' 4 -3' 5
Scared be-yond be-lief
2 2 2 -2 4 -3'
Way down in the sha-dows
5 5 5 5 5 5
And the per-vert-ed fear
5 6 6
Of vio-lence
-5 5 5 -4 -4 -4 6
Chokes a smile on ev-'ry face
-3' 4 4 4 4 5 -4
And com-mon sense is ring-ing
-4 -4 5
Out the bells
6 -6 6
This ain't no
-6 6 5 5 -4 5 -4
Tech-no-lo-gi-cal break-down
4 4 -3' 4 -3' 5 -4 4 -3'
Oh no, this is the road to Hell
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6
And all the roads jam up with cre-dit
-5 5 5 -4 -4 -4 6
And there's noth-ing you can do
-3' 4 4 4 -3' 4
It's all just bits of paper
5 5 6 5 5
Flying a-way from you
-6 7 -6 -6 -6 6 -6 6
Boy, look out world take a good look
5 5 5 -4
What comes down here
4 4 4 -3' 4 4 5
You must learn this les-son fast
-3' 4 4 -3'
And learn it well
-6 -6 6
This ain't no
-6 6 5 6 5 -6 6
Up-ward-ly mo-bile free-way
4 4 3' 4 -3' 5 -4
Oh no, this is the road
4 4 -3' 5 -4
This is the road
4 4 -3' 5 -4
This is the road
4 -3'
To HellPlay on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound
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