Christmas at Ground Zero

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+: 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

There's a change of key near the end.  You'll need a G harp and an Eb harp.


G harp
 7     -8    7  -7   7    -9 -9
It's Christ-mas at Ground Ze-ro 

  7     -8  7  -7  7  -6
There's mus-ic in the air 

 7   -8      7    7   -9  -9
The sleigh bells are ring-in' 

 7   7  -8 7   7    7   -9  -9 
And the ca-ro-lers are sing-in' 

  7    7   -8   7  -7  7    -6
While the air raid si-rens blare 



 7     -8    7  -7   7    -9 -9
It's Christ-mas at Ground Ze-ro 

 7   -8  7  -7   7     -6
The but-ton has been pressed 

 7  -8 7 -9  7   -8  7   -9
The ra-di-o just let us know 

 7     -8  -8  7 -7  6
That "This is not a test..." 



8   8    8
Ev-'ry-where 

 8  8  8   -8    8   -8  -7
The at-om bombs are drop-pin' 

 8    8   8   8  8  8  -8 -9  8
It's the end of all hu-ma-ni-ty 

8   8    8 
No more time 

 8   -8  8   -9   -8  -7
For last mi-nute shop-pin'

 8    8   8   6
It's time to face 

 -9  -9  8  8  -8  7
Your fi-nal de-sti-ny 



 7     -8    7  -7    7   -9 -9
It's Christ-mas at Ground Ze-ro 

   7    -8  7  -7  7   -6
There's pa-nic in the crowd 

 7  7   -8    7  -9 
We can dodge de-bris 

  7   7   -8       -9
While we trim the tree

 7  7   -8  -8  7   -7     6
Un-der-neath a mush-room cloud 



 8   8     8 
You might hear 

  8    8   8   -8  8    -8  -7
Some rein-deer on your roof-top 

-8  8    8    8   8   -8  -9   8
Or Jack Frost on your win-dow-sill 

-8  -8   8   8      8   8
But if some-one's climb-in' 

 -8   8     -7  -6
Down your chim-ney    

-8  -8  -8   -8   -8   9
You bet-ter load your gun 

-9    8   -8  7
And shoot to kill 



 7     -8    7  -7    7   -9 -9
It's Christ-mas at Ground Ze-ro 

 7  7   7  -8  -8  -8   -7     7 -6
And if the ra-dia-tion level's o-kay 

 7   7  -8   7   -9
I'll go out with you 

 7  -8  -8   7  -9
And see the all new 

7  -8  -8   -8  7   -7     6
Mu-ta-tions on New Year's Day 




Eb harp

 6     -6    6  -5     6   7 7 
It's Christ-mas at Ground Ze-ro 

  6  -6  6     -5  6  5    
Just se-conds left to go 

  6   -6   6   7  7
I'll duck and co-ver 

 6   6   -6   6    7  7
With my Yule-tide lo-ver 

 6  6   -6    6   -5  6  5
Un-der-neath the mis-tle-toe 



 6      -6   6  -5    6    7 7 
It's Christ-mas at Ground Ze-ro 

 6   6  -6   -6    6  -5   6    5   
Now the mis-siles are on their way 

 6   6 -6  6    7
What a cra-zy fluke 

 6     6  6  -6   5
We're gon-na get nuked

 6  6    -6 6  -5  5  4
On this jol-ly ho-li-day 

 6   6 -6  6    7
What a cra-zy fluke 

  6    6  6  -6   5
We're gon-na get nuked 

6   6    -6  6 -7 6   7
On this jol-ly ho-li-day

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