Moody River (hi & lo)

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Key F
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+: 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)

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Tab

MOODY RIVER hi & lo
By: Gary Bruce
Pat Boone
Key: F

  5  5  5  5   -4    4 -3”
  8  8  8  8   -8    7  -6
Mood-y riv-er more dead-ly

 5    5    5   4   -3”
 8    8    8   7   -6
Than the vain-est knife

  5  5  5  5    5   5  -4 -4  4
  8  8  8  8    8   8  -8 -8  7
Mood-y riv-er your mud-dy wa-ter

-3”  4  4   4     4
 -6  7  7   7     7
Took my ba-by's life

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-3”   4  4  -4   5    5
 -6   7  7  -8   8    8
Last Sat-ur-day eve-ning

5 -3” -3” -3”  4  -4    5 
8  -6  -6 -6   7  -8    8
I came to the old oak tree

-3”    -3”  -3”  4  -4   5  5
 -6    -6   -6   7  -8   8  8
That stands be-side the riv-er

  5-4  4    4  4   -4  4
  8-8  7    7  7   -8  7
Where you were to meet me

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-3”-3”    4    -4    5   5   5
-6 -6     7    -8    8   8   8
On the ground your glove I found

  5  5  -3” -3”   4    -4  5
  8  8  -6  -6    7    -8  8
With a note ad-dressed to me

-3” -3”  -3”   4   -4   5    5    5
-6  -6   -6    7   -8   8    8    8
It read dear love I've done you wrong

5-4 4   4   4  -4    4
8-8 7   7   7  -8    7
Now I must set you free

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-3”  4  -4  5  5   5
-6   7  -8  8  8   8
No long-er can I live

  5    5   -3”  4   -4   5
  8    8   -6   7   -8   8
With this hurt and this sin

-3”-3”   4   -4    5   5
-6 -6    7   -8    8   8
I just could-n't tell you

 5-4  4   4    4  -4   4
 8-8  7   7    7  -8   7
That guy was just a friend

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  5  5  5  5   -4    4 -3”
  8  8  8  8   -8    7  -6
Mood-y riv-er more dead-ly

 5    5    5   4   -3”
 8    8    8   7   -6
Than the vain-est knife

  5  5  5  5    5   5  -4 -4  4
  8  8  8  8    8   8  -8 -8  7
Mood-y riv-er your mud-dy wa-ter

-3”  4  4   4     4
 -6  7  7   7     7
Took my ba-by's life

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4   -3”  4  4  -4   5  5  5   5
7   -6   7  7  -8   8  8  8   8
I looked in-to the mud-dy wa-ter

 5   -3”   4   -4 5
 8   -6    7   -8 8
And what could I see

-3”-3”-3” 4  -4   5   5   5
-6 -6 -6  7  -8   8   8   8
I saw a lone-ly lone-ly face 

5 -4   4  4    4   4  4
8 -8   7  7    7   7  7
Just look-in' back at me

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 -3”  4  -4    5 
  -6  7  -8    8
Tears in his eyes

 5  5  -3”   4  -4   5 
 8  8   -6   7  -8   8
And a prayer on his lips

-3” -3”   4   -4  5    5   5-4
-6  -6    7   -8  8    8   8-8
And the glove of his lost love

4   4   4  -4    4
7   7   7  -8    7
At his fin-ger tips
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  5  5  5  5   -4    4 -3”
  8  8  8  8   -8    7  -6
Mood-y riv-er more dead-ly

 5    5    5   4   -3”
 8    8    8   7   -6
Than the vain-est knife

  5  5  5  5    5   5  -4 -4  4
  8  8  8  8    8   8  -8 -8  7
Mood-y riv-er your mud-dy wa-ter

-3”  4  4   4     4
 -6  7  7   7     7
Took my ba-by's life

|6-665-44| 
|9-1098-87|

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