Not Fade Away

by Buddy Holly, Rolling Stones, etc. · posted by gene

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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



 4  4   4 4   4 4 4   3   3    3  3 -3'
I'm a gon-na tell ya how it's gon-na be 

3  3    3 3   3  -2  -1   1   1  1
A you gon-na give a your love to me 

4   4 4   4    3    3    3   -3'  3 -2'  
I wan-na love you night and     day 

-2   3   3   3   3  -2 -1  1   1  1 -1 2
You know my love a   not  fade a-  way 


-2   3   3   3   3  -2 -1  1   1  1 -1 2
You know my love a  not   fade a-  way 



My love is bigger than a Cadillac 
I try to show it and you drive a me back 
You´re love for me, got to be real 
For you to know a just how I feel 
A love for real not fade away 


I´m a gonna tell ya how it´s gonna be 
A you´re gonna give a your love to me 
A love to last more than one day 
A love is love a-not fade away 
A love is love a-not fade away

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