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How Long Has This Been Going On?

by Peggy Lee · posted by marion

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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)

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Tab
(8, 4 Count Intro)
7  -7  -7_  -7  7  7_
I could cry salty tears
7  -7  -7  7  -5  5  5_
Where have I been all these years?
5  -5  -5_  -3  3  3_
Little wow, tell me now
3  -3  5  -5  5  -5*  -5  6__
How long has this been goin' on?
7  -7  -7_  -7  7  7_
There were chills up my spine
7  -7  -7  7  -5  5  5_
And some thrills I can't define
5  -5  -5_  -3  3  3_
Listen sweet, I repeat
-3  -3  5  -5  5  -5*  -5  5__
How long has this been goin' on?
6_  -5  -6  -5  6  5  -5_
Oh, I feel that I could melt
6  6  -5  -6  -5  6__
Into heaven I'm hurled
7_  -6*  -7  -6*  7  6  -6*_
I know how Columbus felt
7  7  -6*  -7  -6*  7__
Finding another world
7  -7  -7_  -7  7  7_
Kiss me once, then once more
7  -7  -7  7  -5  5  5_
What a dunce I was before
5  -5  -5 _  5  -3  3  3_
What a break, for heaven's sake
3  -3  5  -5  5  -5*  -5  5_
How long has this been goin' on?
(8, 4 Count Interlude of Melody)

7* -7* -7*_ -7* 7* 7*_ Kiss me twice, then once more 7* -7* -7* 7* -5* 5* 5*_ That makes thrice, let's make it four 5* -5* -5*_ 5* -3* 3* 3*_ What a break, for heaven's sake 3* -3* 5* -5* 5* 6 -5* 7*_ How long has this been goin' on?

This plays with karaoke music, same Artist, run time 3:17.
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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