Baby`s In Black

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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



 5   5     5  -4 -4 -4
Oh dear, what can I do?
-4 4    4   4    4   -3   3  3    3
Baby's in black and I'm feeling blue,
b-3  -3   4  -5   4  4  4
Tell me, oh what can I do?
 5    -4    4   5
She thinks of him,
 4   6  6    6 -5   5   -5
And so she dresses in black,
 5    -5     -5  -5 5   -4    5
And though he'll never come back,
  3     -3    -4   4
She's dressed in black.


Oh dear, what can I do?
Baby's in black and I'm feeling blue,
Tell me, oh what can I do?
I think of her, but she only thinks of him,
And though it's only a whim, she thinks of him.

 6  6    6   b6  b6  b6
Oh how long will it take,
-5   -5   -5  -5   -5 -5   5  -4   5
Till she sees the mistake she has made?
 5     5  -4 -4 -4
Dear what can I do?
-4  4   4   4    4  -3    3 3     3
Baby's in black and I'm feeling blue,
b-3  -3   4  -5   4  4  4
Tell me, oh what can I do?

Oh how long it will take,
Till she sees the mistake she has made?
Dear what can I do?
Baby's in black and I'm feeling blue,
Tell me, oh what can I do?

She thinks of him,
And so she dresses in black,
And though he'll never come back,
She's dressed in black.
Oh dear, what can I do?
Baby's in black and I'm feeling blue,
Tell me, oh what can I do?

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