9 Crimes

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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

  3   -3  4   3    -3   4
Leave me out with the waste
  3  -3  4   -4  4 -3
This is not what I do
3     -3   4     3  -3   4
It's the wrong kind of place
 3 -3   4  -4  4  -3
To be thinking of you

4     -4   5    5
It's the wrong time
 5  -5 5 -4
somebody new
4   -4   5     5
It's a small crime
5   5  5  -5 5  -4
And I got no excuse

4    6   6 6      4
is that alright? Yeah
 5    5  5  -4-4   4  4      4 -4
Give my gun away when it's loaded
  6   6  6     4
That alright? Yeah
5   5   5       5  -4 -4  4  4   4 4     4   4 -4
If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it?

4    6   6 6      4
is that alright? Yeah
 5    5  5  -4-4   4  4      4 -4
Give my gun away when it's loaded
  6   6  6     4     4    -3
That alright? Yeah, with you?

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