Harlem Nocturne

by m: Earle Hagen/w: Dick Rogers · posted by WaltP

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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

HARLEM NOCTURNE


Deep mu-sic fills the night
3    -5  7    -7  -7*  -6* 
Deep in the heart of Har-lem.
7    -5 -3*  3    -3* -5  5
And though the stars are bright,
5     7    8    -9   -9*  -8
The dark-ness is taunt-ing me.
8   -7*   7   -5* 5*   -7  7
Oh, what a sad re-frain,
3   -5   7 -7  -7* -6*7
A noc-turne born in Har-lem.
7 -5   -3*   3   -3* -5  5
That mel-an-cho-ly strain,
5    7   8   -9 -9*  -8
For-ev-er is haunt-ing me.
8   -7* 7 -5*  5*  -7  7
The mel-o-dy clings
8   -7*-6 7   7*
A-round my heart strings
8  -7*  -6  7      7*
It won't let me go when I'm lone-ly.
8  -7*   -6  7  7*  7   -6   -5  -6
I hear it in dreams
-6 -5* -3* 4  4*
And some-how it seems
-6   -5* -3* 4   4*
It makes   me    weep
-5* -10 -7 -9*7* 9* -6* 
and   I  can't  sleep.
-8 6 -7-5 7 5   -6
An in-di-go tune
8  -7*-6 7   7*
It sings to the moon.
8   -7*  -6  7  7*
The lone-some re-frain of a lov-er.
8   -7*  -6   7   7*   7 -6 -5  -6
The mel-o-dy sighs
-6  -5*-3* 4  4*
It laughs and it cries.
-6  -5*   -3* 4   4*
A  moan-  in’ blues that
-5* -10-7-9*7* 9*-6* -8 6 
Wails the long  night thru.
-7-5  7 5 -6 -3* -5* 3* -5
Tho’ with the dawn it’s gone.
3    -5   7    -7  -7*  -6*

The mel-o-dy lives ev-er
7   -5 -3* 3  -3*  -5 5
For lone-ly hearts to learn
5    7   8   -9   -9*  -8
Of love in a Har-lem noc-turne.
8   -7* 7 -5* 5* -7* -7   7

* means push the button

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