Up Around the Bend

by Creedence Clearwater Revival · posted by chibluesteve

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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

  -1    2   3   -1  2 3  -1   2  3  2  
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin'
 -1  2   3   -1 2   3    2   1
Just as fast as my feet can fly
 -1  2  3   -1  2  3 -1   2    3  2
Come away, come away if you're goin',
 -1    2   3  3    3    2  1
Leave the sinkin' ship behind.

 -3  -3 -3   3  3   3 
Come on the risin' wind,
  3   -3 -3 -3 -3  3   3   3
We're goin' up around the bend.

 -1   2  3   -1  2   3    3   3   3  2
Bring a song and a smile for the banjo,
-1  2   3    3    3   3  2     1
Better get while the gettin's good,
 -1   2  3   -1  2   3  3   3   3  2
Hitch a ride to the end of the highway
 -1    2  3  3   3   2   1
Where the neons turn to wood.

 -3  -3 -3   3  3   3 
Come on the risin' wind,
  3   -3 -3 -3 -3  3   3   3
We're goin' up around the bend.

-1   2   3  3   2 3 3 2   3  2
You can ponder perpetual motion,
-1   2    3   3  3  3  2    1
Fix your mind on a crystal day,
-1  2   3    3  2  3    3  2  3  2
Always time for a good conversation,
  -1    2   3   3   3    2   1
There's an ear for what you say.

 -3  -3 -3   3  3   3 
Come on the risin' wind,
  3   -3 -3 -3 -3  3   3   3
We're goin' up around the bend.

 -1   2  3   -1  2   3  3   3   3   2
Catch a ride to the end of the highway
-1    2    3   3   3   3   2   1
And we'll meet by the big red tree,
 -1     2   3   -1  2  3  3   3  3  2
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin'
 -1  2  3    3   3  3   2   1
Come along, come along with me.

 -3  -3 -3   3  3   3 
Come on the risin' wind,
  3   -3 -3 -3 -3  3   3   3
We're goin' up around the bend.

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