Because the Night

by Patti Smith & Bruce Springsteen · posted by morbius

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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

It's not a perfect tab because this song has a key change, but it's as close as I could get on a diatonic harp. 

-4 -4 -5 -4 4 4 4 4 -4 
Take me now baby here as I am
-4 -4 -5 -4 4 4 4 -4
Pull me close, try to understand
-4 -4 -4 -5 -4 4 4 4 4 -4 
Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe
-4 -4 -4 -5 -4 4 4 4 -4 
Love is a banquet on which we feed

-6 -6 6 6 -5 -5 -5 6  
C'mon now, try and understand
6 -6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -6 6 
The way I feel under your command
-6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -6 6 6 
Take my hand, come undercover

6 -7 7 -7 -6 6 
They can't hurt you now
-7 7 -7 -6 6 
Can't hurt you now
-7 7 -7 -7 7 -7 7 -7 7 -7...
Can't hurt you now~~~~~~


-7 -7 -6 -6 6 6 -6 -6 -7 
Because the night belongs to lovers
-7 -7 -6 -6 6 6 -6 -6 6 
Because the night belongs to lust
-7 -7 -6 -6 6 6 -6 -6 -7 
Because the night belongs to lovers
-7 -7 -6 -6 6 6 -6 -6 6 
Because the night belongs to us

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