La storia di un soldato

by Ennio Morricone (From The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) · posted by Tuokkis

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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 5 -4 5 6          4 5 -4 4 3
Bugles are calling/ from prairie to shore
4 -4 4 -4 -5        4 5 -4 5 4
"Sign up" and "Fall in"/ and march off to war
-4 5 -4 5 6         4 -6 6 -6 7  (7 -7)
Blue grass and cotton/ burnt and forgotten
-6 6 5 4            4 4 -4 5 -4 4 4 
All hope seems gone/ so soldier march on to die

4 5 -4 5 6          4 5 -4 4 3
Bugles are calling/ from prairie to shore
4 -4 4 -4 -5        4 5 -4 5 4
"Sign up" and "Fall in"/ and march off to war

4 5 -4 5 6          4 5 -4 4 3
There in the distance/ a flag I can see
4 -4 4 -4 -5        4 5 -4 5 4
Scorched and in ribbons/ but whose can it be
-4 5 -4 5 6         4 -6 6 -6 7  (7 -7)
How ends the story/ whose is the glory
-6 6 5 4            4 4 -4 5 -4 4 4
Ask if we dare/ our comrades out there who sleep

From the classic movie The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. I'll post the interludes if they sound any good. The two (7 -7)s you can just ignore or try to incorporate into the song. Gives it "more feeling" if you catch my drift.

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound