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I Shall Be Released

by Bob Dylan · posted by chibluesteve

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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
 -4  -4  -4 -4  4   -4 -3   3 -4 -3
They say ev'rything can be replaced,
-5  6  -5   6  -5  -4  3  -3 3
Yet ev'ry distance is not near.
-5 -5 -4 6 -4 6  -5 -4 -3
So I remember ev'ry face-
-5 6  -5 -4  -3   3  2  -3 3
Of ev'ry man who put me here.
-4 -4 -4  -4
I see my light 
 -4   -4 -3
come shining
 -5  -5   -5 -4 -4  3  -1 3
From the west unto the east.
-5 -5 -5 -4 -4 3 
Any-- day-- now-, 
-5 4 4 -4 -4 -3
any- day- now--,
-4 -4   4   -4  -4
I shall be released.

 -4  -4  -4 -4 4 -4  -3    3 -4 -3
They say ev'ry man- needs protection,
 -5   6  -5 6  -5  -4 3 -3 3
They say ev'ry man must fall.
-5 -5  -4   6 -4  6  -5 -4 -3
Yet I swear I see my reflection
 -5    6   -5  -4  -3 3   2   -3 3
Some place so high above this wall.
-4 -4 -4  -4
I see my light 
 -4   -4 -3
come shining
 -5  -5   -5 -4 -4  3  -1 3
From the west unto the east.
-5 -5 -5 -4 -4 3 
Any-- day-- now-, 
-5 4 4 -4 -4 -3
any- day- now--,
-4 -4   4   -4  -4
I shall be released.

 -4  -4   -4  -4 -4 4   -4  -3  3  -4 -3 
Standing next to me in this lonely crowd,
-5 -5  6   -5    6    -5  -4  3  -3 3
Is a- man who swears he's not to blame.
-5  -5   -5 -4  6   -5    6    -5  -5  -4  -3  -3  
All day long I hear his voice shoutin' out so loud,
 6 -5  -4   -3  3   2   -3 3
Crying out that he was framed.
-4 -4 -4  -4
I see my light 
 -4   -4 -3
come shining
 -5  -5   -5 -4 -4  3  -1 3
From the west unto the east.
-5 -5 -5 -4 -4 3 
Any-- day-- now-, 
-5 4 4 -4 -4 -3
any- day- now--,
-4 -4   4   -4  -4
I shall be released.
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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