Ballad of Accounting
by Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl · posted by g0th_c0mmie
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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.
-6 -6 8 8 8 -9 8 8 -6
In the morning we built this city
8 8 8 8 -8 7 -7 -7 5
In the afternoon walked through its streets
7 7 8 8 -8 6
Evening saw us leaving
5 -6 -6 -6 -6 7
We wandered through our days
8 7 -8 7 -6 6 -6
As if they would never end
-6 -6 -6 -7 7 -8
All of us imagined
7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6 6
we had endless time to spend
5 -6 -6 -6 -6 7 -6
We hardly saw the crossroads
7 -7 -7 -7 7 -8
And small attention gave
8 8 8 8 -8 8 8
To landmarks on the journey
8 -8 7 -6 7 -7 -6
From the cradle to the grave
-7 -7 7 -7 -6 -7 -7 7 -7 -6
Cradle to the grave, cradle to the grave