Song Sung Blue (chromatic)

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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

SONG SUNG BLUE
By: Neil Diamond
Key: C

 3   4   6  7 -6   6    3 -6   6 
This is not a sad song, a sad song
5   -6   6     5   -3  3
To sing when you’re a-lone
3   4   6  7  -7   7
In its way a glad song
 8   7  -7   7
Yes, a glad song
6 -6   6   5    -6   6   5   -6  
A sim-ple tune that sim-ply seems
6   5   -6   6    5    -6   6   -3 -4  4
To make you feel good when you sing a-long
 
 6    5    7 
Song sung blue 
-6  6  -5  5  -5    7
Ev-‘ry-bod-y knows one 
 -5    3    7
Song sung blue 
-6  6  -5   6    5    7
Ev-‘ry gar-den grows one 

-7* 6   8   6  -7*  6   8
Me and you are sub-ject to 
 5   -7   -7  -7   -7
the blues now and then 
 3    3   3   3   -4   -5   -5   -6 -6  7
But when you take the blues and make a song 
 3   7    -6  -6  6  6
You sing them out a-gain 
 6    6    6 -5  -5
Sing them out a-gain 

 6    5    7
Song sung blue 
 -6   6   -5  5 -5   7
Weep-ing like a wil-low 
 -5    3   7
Song sung blue 
 -6    6  -5  6  5   7
Sleep-ing on my pil-low 

-7* 6    8     6  -7*  6   8  -7*
Fun-ny thing, but you can sing it 
 -7 -7* -7 -7  -7   -7
with a cry in your voice 
 3  3   -4  -5   -5  -5
And be-fore you know it, 
 -6   -6  -6  -6   7
start to feel-ing good 
 3   7  -6  -6  6    6
You sim-ply got no choice 
 7  -6  -6  6    6
Sim-ply got no choice 

 6    5    7 
Song sung blue 
-6  6  -5  5  -5    7
Ev-‘ry-bod-y knows one 
 -5    3    7
Song sung blue 
-6  6  -5   6    5    7
Ev-‘ry gar-den grows one 

-7* 6    8     6  -7*  6   8  -7*
Fun-ny thing, but you can sing it 
 -7 -7* -7 -7  -7   -7
with a cry in your voice 
 3  3   -4  -5   -5  -5
And be-fore you know it, 
 -6   -6  -6  -6   7
start to feel-ing good 
6 -6   6   5    -6   6   5   -6  
A sim-ple tune that sim-ply seems
6   5   -6   6    5    -6   6   -3 -4  4
To make you feel good when you sing a-long

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