Living the Blues

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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

C Tenor - Low C

  6     -6   <-6   7    
Since you've been gone,
 5    5    -7 <-7 -8  7 
I've been walking around
 -7  -7  -7   -7    7   5  5    6  
With my head bowed down to my shoes.
  6   -5   6  7   7   6 -5 
I've been living the blues
-5 -5  -5    3  -5  -6 6 6  
Ev'ry night without you---.

3   6    -6 <-6 <-6  7
I don't have to go- far
7   -7   <-7  -8   8
To know where you are,
 -7  -7    7   6   5   5   6
Strangers all give me the news.
  6   -5   6  7   7   6 -5 6    
I've been living the blues--
 7  7   6    3  -4  -5 5  
Ev'ry night without you-.

5   -7   <-7  -8   8 
I think that it's best,
5  -7  <-7  -8   8
I soon get some rest
-7   -7 7  5  -6 6
And forget my pride.
 6 -5  <-6  7 -7
But I can't deny
 -5  -5 <-6   7  -7
This feeling that I
 7  7  8   8   -9   8   -7 7 -7 6 -5 5  
Carry for you deep down inside--------.

6  -5   6  -6 <-6   7 
If you see me this way,
  7    -7  <-7  -8   -8    8 
You'd come back and you'd stay,
-7  -7 7   7    7   5  6
Oh, how- could you refuse.
  6   -5   6  7   7  6 -5 
I've been living the blues
 7  7   6    3  -4  -5 5
Ev'ry night without you-.

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