Mood Indigo

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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)

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Tab

+8   -8    +8   +8   +9  -8  +8  
You ain't been blue; no, no, no.
+8   -8    +8   +8
You ain't been blue,
+8     +8    -8  +7   -7  -6 -6 -7  
Till you've had that mood in-di-go.
+7   +7  -7   +9+9 -10  +9   -9  -9 -9  -8
That feelin' goe-s stealin' down to my shoes
-8   +8 -8  +8   +8    +9   -8   +8   
While I sit and sigh, "Go 'long blues".

+6 +6   -6  +6   -5  +8 +8 -8 -8
Always get that mood in-di-g---o,
+8    -8 +7 -6  -7  -8   +6
Since my ba-by said goodbye.
+6 +6  -6  +6   -5    +8   +8   -8  -8
In the evenin' when lights are low,
+8  -8 +8   -8 +8  +8   -8
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

+7     -8     +6 +7 -8 +6   +7   -8 -6 +7 +7 
Cause there's no-bo-dy who cares about me,
+7   -8 +7  +8  +7b
I'm just a soul who's
+8 +7  -8   +7 +7 -6  +6
bluer than blu--e can be.
+6  +6 -6   +6   -5  +8 +8 -8 -8
When I get that mood in-di-go---
+8 -8    +7 -6  -7  -8  +7
I could lay me down and die.

+8   -8    +8   +8   +9  -8  +8  
You ain't been blue; no, no, no.
+8   -8    +8   +8
You ain't been blue,
+8     +8    -8  +7   -7  -6 -6 -7  
Till you've had that mood in-di-go.
+7   +7  -7   +9+9 -10  +9   -9  -9 -9  -8
That feelin' goe-s stealin' down to my shoes
-8   +8 -8  +8   +8    +9   -8   +8   
While I sit and sigh, "Go 'long blues".

+6 +6   -6  +6   -5  +8 +8 -8 -8
Always get that mood in-di-g---o,
+8    -8 +7 -6  -7  -8   +6
Since my ba-by said goodbye.
+6 +6  -6  +6   -5    +8   +8   -8  -8
In the evenin' when lights are low,
+8  -8 +8   -8 +8  +8   -8
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

+7     -8     +6 +7 -8 +6   +7   -8 -6 +7 +7 
Cause there's no-bo-dy who cares about me,
+7   -8 +7  +8  +7b
I'm just a soul who's
+8 +7  -8   +7 +7 -6  +6
bluer than blu--e can be.
+6  +6 -6   +6   -5  +8 +8 -8 -8
When I get that mood in-di-go---
+8 -8    +7 -6  -7  -8  +7
I could lay me down and die.

+8   -8    +8   +8   +9  -8  +8  
You ain't been blue; no, no, no.
+8   -8    +8   +8
You ain't been blue,
+8     +8    -8  +7   -7  -6 -6 -7  
Till you've had that mood in-di-go.
+7   +7  -7   +9+9 -10  +9   -9  -9 -9  -8
That feelin' goe-s stealin' down to my shoes
-8   +8 -8  +8   +8    +9   -8   +8   
While I sit and sigh, "Go 'long blues".

+6 +6   -6  +6   -5  +8 +8 -8 -8
Always get that mood in-di-g---o,
+8    -8 +7 -6  -7  -8   +6
Since my ba-by said goodbye.
+6 +6  -6  +6   -5    +8   +8   -8  -8
In the evenin' when lights are low,
+8  -8 +8   -8 +8  +8   -8
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

+7     -8     +6 +7 -8 +6   +7   -8 -6 +7 +7 
Cause there's no-bo-dy who cares about me,
+7   -8 +7  +8  +7b
I'm just a soul who's
+8 +7  -8   +7 +7 -6  +6
bluer than blu--e can be.
+6  +6 -6   +6   -5  +8 +8 -8 -8
When I get that mood in-di-go---
+8 -8    +7 -6  -7  -8  +7
I could lay me down and die.

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