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Boulder To Birmingham

by Emmy Lou Harris · posted by aussie

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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
Verse 1.
-4 -4    -4  -4   5 -5  -5   5
I don't want to hear a love song ~~~~~~
-6 -6 -6  -7   7  -7-6  -6  -4  5
I got on this airplane just to fly~~~~~
 5 -5   5    -4     -4   4 5  -4
And I know there's life below me~~~~
 6   6    6   6 -6   -6  -7
But all that it can show me 
-7  -7   7 5    5  -4  -5 5-4 4
Is the prairie and the sky~~~~~~~~ 

Verse 2.(Follow verse 1.)
And I don't want to hear a sad story 
Full of heartbreak and desire 
The last time I felt like this 
It was in the wilderness and the canyon was on fire 
 5  5  -4    4 b-3   -4 -4  7   7    7    7  7
And I stood on the mountain in the night and I 
   7    -5  -5  5
watched it burn~~~~
5   -5    6  5 -4  -4   5    -4 -4  4 
I watched it burn, I watched it burn.~~~~~ 

CHORUS
7   7     7 -8 7 7-7-6   7  7   7-7  -6 6 6-4 5
I would rock my soul~~~ in the bosom of Abraham 
6    -5  5   -4  -3 -3   4 -4    5
I`d hold my life in his saving grace. 
7   7    7   -8   7  7-7-6     7  -8 7-7  -6
I would walk all the way~~~~ from Boulder to 
-6  6  7
Birmingham 
 6 6    6   -5   5   5-4  3   3   5-4  5   -4 4
If I thought I could see, I could see your face.
 
Verse 3. (Follow Verse 1.)

Well you really got me this time 
And the hardest part is knowing I'll survive. 
I have come to listen for the sound 
Of the trucks as they move down 
Out on ninety five 
And pretend that it's the ocean 
Coming down to wash me clean, to wash me clean 
Baby do you know what I mean 

CHORUS
I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham 
I would hold my life in his saving grace. 
I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham 
If I thought I could see, I could see your face.  

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

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