Empty Saddles

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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  -7  7  6  -5  5  -7     9  9___
Empty saddles in the old corral
7  7  7  -9     9  7___
Where do you ride tonight?
5   -5   6   6   6   6   6   5   5   5   5  -1  -1  -1  -1
Are you roundin' up the dogies, the strays of long ago
6  -6  7  7  7  7  -6  -5  5
Are you on the trail of buffalo?

7  -7  7  6  -5  5  -7     9  9___
Empty saddles in the old corral
7  7  7  -9     9  7___
Where do you ride tonight?
5   -5   6   6   6   6   6   5   5   5   5  -1  -1  -1  -1
Are there rustlers on the border, or a band of Navajo
6  -6  7  7  7  7  -6  -5  5
Are you headin' for the Alamo?

5     -3  5     -5*  5  5  5
Empty guns covered with rust
-5*   -5  -5*  -5     5  3__
Where do you talk tonight?
5     3*  5      -5*  5  5  5____
Empty boots covered with dust
-5*   -5  -5*  -5  5  -5      3
Where do you walk tonight?

7  -7  7  6  -5  5  -7  9  9
Empty saddles in the old corral
7   7   7   7   -9      9  7___
My tears will be dried tonight
5  -5  6  6  6  6  7  6  -5  5*  5  -5  -5  -5  -5
If you'll only say I'm lonely as you carry my old pal
6  -6  7  7  7  7  -6  -5  5___
Empty saddles in the old corral
(Interlude)
(Repeat Last Verse)

There is no smoke, still the fires burn,
There's no song, still I hear guitars,
There is no dust, still the ghosts return
Softly to vanish through the bars


This plays with music, same Artist, run time 2:38.  This is not karaoke music but an orchestra arrangement.

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