Across the Great Divide
by Kate Wolf / Nanci Griffith · posted by oldcigarette
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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.
This is my first tab so don't take what I have here too serious! I prefer Nanci's version so I did it around that. The verses are pretty much the same. Enjoy!
i've been walking in my sleep
4 -4 5 5 5 -5 5 -4
countin troubles stead of countin sheep
4 -4 5 5 4 -4 5 -4 -4
where the years went
4 -4 5 6
i cant say
5 6 -6
i just turned around and they gone away
5 5 -4 4 4 -4 5 -55 -4 4
i've been sifting through the layers
4 -4 5 5 5 5-5 5 6-4
dusty books and faded papers
4 -4 5 5 4 -4 5 -4 -4
tell a story
4 -4 5 6
i used to know
5 6 -6 -6
and it was one that happened so long ago
5 -5 5 -444 -4 5 -4 -5 5 -4 4'4
chorus:
it's gone away yesterday
4 -4 56 5 6 -6
now i find myself on the mountain side
4 -4 5 -5 5 5 5 6 -5 5 -4
where the rivers change direction
4 -4 5 6 -6 6 6 5
across the great divide
4 -4+4 4 5 -4 4 4
now i heard the owl a'calling
4 -4 5 5 -5 5 -4-4
softly as the night was falling
4 -4 5 5 4 -4 5 -4 -4
with a question
4 -4 5 6
and I replied
5 6 -6 -6
but he's gone across the borderline
5 -5 5-4+4 -4 4 5 -55-44
chorus (s/it/he/)
the finest hour that I have seen
4 -4 5 5 5 -5 5 -4
is the one that comes between
4 -4 5 5 4 -4 5 -4
the edge of night
4 -4 5 6
and the break of day
5 5 6 -6 -6
it's when the darkness rolls away
5 -5 5 -444 5-4-55 -4 4
chorus (+and) 2x