Summers Almost Gone

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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

The Ab harp tab (bottom line) contains 
the correct notes, 
but I can’t play it with much expression.  
The Bb harp tab (top line) contains a 
recurring wrong note, but playing with 
expression is much easier.

-4  -4    -5  4    -4     Bb harp
 5   5    6  -4    5      Ab harp
Sum-mer's al-most gone 

-4  -4    -5  4    -4
 5    5    6  -4   5 
Sum-mer's al-most gone 

-6  -6   6
-7  -7   -6 
Al-most gone 

 -5    4  -5  -5   -4
 6     5    6  6    5 
Yeah, it's al-most gone 

 -6    -6  -6 6
 -7    -7  -7 -6 
Where will we be 

 -4  -4   -5   4    -4
 5    5   6   -4    5 
When the sum-mer's gone? 



 -8  7     -7  -6   6  -5  6 -6 -6 
 8   -8    7   -7  -6  6  -6 -7 -7 
Mor-ning found us calm-ly un- a-ware 

 -6    7     -7   6 -6  7  -6 6
 -7   -8     7   -6 -7 -8  -7 -6 
Noon burned gold in-to our  hair 

-6  -8   7   -7  -7    6   -6  -6
-7   8   -8  7   -7    -6  -7  -7 
At night we swam the laugh-ing sea 

 -6   7   7    -6  6  -6  6  -6  -6 -6
 -7   -8 -8    -7 -6  -7 -6  -7  -7 -7 
When sum-mer's  gone, where will we be? 

 -6    7   7   -6  6
 -7    -8  -8  -7 -6 
Where will we   be? 

   6   7   -7 -6
  -6   -8  7  -7 
Where will we be? 




Morning found us calmly unaware, 
Noon burn gold into our hair, 
At night, we swim the laughing sea. 
When summer's gone, where will we be? 




 -6  6    -6  -6  6  -6
 -7 -6    -7  -7 -6  -7 
Sum-mer's al- most  gone 

 -6  6    -6  -6  6  -6
 -7 -6    -7  -7 -6  -7 
Sum-mer's al- most  gone. 

-8 -8   7    -6   6
8   8   -8   -7   -6 
We had some good times
 
 7     7     -6
-8    -8     -7 
But they're gone 

-6   7  -6     7  7   6
-7  -8  -7    -8 -8  -6 
The win-ter's com-in' on
 
 -6  6     7  7   7 -6
 -7 -6    -8 -8  -8 -7 
Sum-mer's al-most gone.

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