Cover Me Up

How hard is it?

Ad: Want to make Cover Me Up sound awesome on your harmonica? Master tight single notes, rock solid bending and more with easy video lessons → click here.

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  -6    6  -5  5
A heart on the run
  5   5   5  -4  4   4
Keeps a hand on the gun
 3   4     -3&rsquo;   3 3  3
You can&rsquo;t trust an-y-one

-6 6  -5   5
I was so sure
 5   5   5  -4  4    4
What I need-ed was more
  4    4   4    4  -4   5
Tried to shoot out the sun

 4    7   -8   8   8
The days when we raged
 8   8  -8   7   7
We flew off the page
 -8    7  6   6   6-55
Such dam-age was done

 3  -6  6  -5    5
But I made it through
  5    -4   -4 4   4
Cause some-bod-y knew
4  -4   4   -2&rsquo;   4   4
I was meant for some-one

 4   8     8    8   -8   -8  7   7-6
So girl leave your boots by the bed
-6  -6     7  -8    8    8
We ain&rsquo;t leav-in&rsquo; this room
  4   -8   8    8    8  7  7   7-6
Till some-one needs med-i-cal help
-6  -6 7   -6  6    65
Or the mag-no-lias bloom

 7    -8  -8  -8   -8
It&rsquo;s cold in this house 
-8  8  -8    7 -6  -6  -6  7-6  -665   
And I ain&rsquo;t go-ing out to chop wood
 4  -6 6  -5  5  5    5   -4  4   4
So co-ver me up and know your e-nough
-4  4   4  4   4
To use me for good

 4    4    -6   6  -5   5
Put your faith to the test
When I tore off your dress
In Richmond on high

But I sobered up, 
I swore off that stuff, 
forever this time

and the old lover&rsquo;s sing, 
&ldquo;I thought it&rsquo;d be me who helped him get home&rdquo;

But home was a dream,
One that I&rsquo;d never seen,
Till you came along

So girl, hang your dress up to dry,
We ain&rsquo;t leaving this room
Till Percy Priest breaks open wide
And the river runs through
And carries this house on the stones
Like a piece of driftwood
Cover me up and know you&rsquo;re enough
To use me for good.

So girl leave your boots by the bed
We ain&rsquo;t leav-in&rsquo; this room
Till some-one needs med-i-cal help
Or the mag-no-lias bloom
It&rsquo;s cold in this house    
And I ain&rsquo;t go-ing out to chop wood
So co-ver me up and know your e-nough
To use me for good

Co-ver me up and know your e-nough
To use me for good

Eb

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