Open Arms

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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

6 -8  8  7    6    6   -8 -7  7
Lying beside you, here in the dark
7  -7    7    -7   6     5    -6
Feeling your heart beat with mine
6 -8    8  7    6    6     -8 -7  7
Softly you whisper, you're so sincere
7   -7    7   -7   6  -7 -7 -6
How could our love be so blind
7  -8     -8 7 -8 -7
We sailed on together
-8  8 -8   7 -6
We drifted apart
-7   7   7   -7  7  -7 -7-6
And here you are by my side

6   -7 7 -8   -7 -8    6   -8 8 -8 7
So now I come to you, with open arms
-8 7    -7  -6    6  -8  7    -7 -6
Nothing to hide, believe what I say
6   -7  7 -8  6   -8 8 -8 7
So here I am with open arms
-8 7   -7     -6  6     -7   -8  7     -7 -6
Hoping you'll see what your love means to me
-7 -6 7
Open arms

6 -8   8 -9 8  -87  9 8    -8 7
Living without you, living alone
7    -7 7   -7    6    -7 -7 -6
This empty house seems so cold
6  -8   8  -98  -87  9 8     9   8 7
Wanting to hold you, wanting you near
-6  7    7 -7 7    -7 -6
How much I wanted you home

6   -8  -8   8      -9   8
But now that you've come back
6      -9    8 -9 8 7
Turned night into day
-8 -7  7   -8 -7 -6
I need you to stay.

6   -7 7 -8   -7 -8    6   -8 8 -8 7
So now I come to you, with open arms
-8 7    -7  -6    6  -8  7    -7 -6
Nothing to hide, believe what I say
6   -7  7 -8  6   -8 8 -8 7
So here I am with open arms
-8 7   -7     -6  6     -7   -8  7     -7 -6
Hoping you'll see what your love means to me
-7 -6 7
Open arms

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