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Melissa

by Greg Allman · posted by Wailer

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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   6 5    5   6   6   -4 -4  5 -4
Cross-roads seem to come and go, yeah
 3   6   6   6      5   -4    4  -4
the gyp-sy flies, from coast to coast.
 -6  -6  -6 6  -6 -6 -6-5    5   5  -5   5
Know-in man-y lov-in none, bear-ing sor-row 
 -5  6  5 4 -4  6    6   -5    5    5  -5   6
hav-ing f-u-n, but back home youll al-ways run,
 5  -5    5   6  5
to sweet Mel-is-sa.
   6     6 5     6   6    -4  -4    5
Freight train, each car looks the same,
 5   -4 4 -2     3  6  6    6    5   -4  4   -4
all the same.  And no one knows the gyp-sys name
-6  -6   -6   6   -6  -6 -6 -5       5     5
No one hears his lone-ly si-gh, there_are no
  -5   5    -5  6  5  4 -4
blank-ets where he l-i-e-s.
      6         6      -5    5   5  -5    6
Lord_in_the_deep-est dreams the gyp-sy flies,
  5    -5   5   6  5
with sweet Mel-is-sa.
4   6   6    6   6   6 5  -5  6   6  6   -4  -5
A-gain the morn-ins come, a-gain hes on the run.
 -6   -6   -6   6    -6    6   5 6   -7  -7  -7
Sun beams shin-in through his hair, bet-ter not
-8  -7 -6 6 -6  -6   7   7  -6    7   7   7  -6
to have a care, so pick up your gear and gyp-sy
-8 -6 6  -5    -7 -6 6   6
  roll   on,     roll   on.
  6    6 5     6   6    -4       5       5   -4
Cross-roads, will you ev-er let_him go?  No, no.
 3   6   6    6    5   -4   4    -4      -6  -6
Or will you hide the dead mans ghost?  Lord, or
    -6   6    -6     -6-5  -5     5   5  -5
will_he lie be-neath the plain?  Or will his
  5  -5   6  5 4 -4
spir-it fall a-way?
 6  6  -5    5   5  -5    6     5  -5
But I know that he wont stay, with-out 
 5  6  5     6  6  -5    5  5  -5    6
Me-lis-sa.  Yes I know that he wont stay,


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

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