Cars Hiss By My Window

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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

D Harp

-4   -4   -4  -4 -3 -5  -5 -4
The cars hiss by my win- dow 

 -3  -4   -5    -4  -3 -3”  -1
Like the waves down on the beach 

-4   -4   -4  -4 -3 -5  -5 -4
The cars hiss by my win- dow 

 -3  -4   -5    -4  -3 -3”  -1
Like the waves down on the beach 

5  5   5    5   -4  5   5
I got this girl be-side me 

-4   -4    5  -4  -4
But she's out of reach 


  4    -4     -4    4  -5  -5 -4
Head-lights through my win- dow 

  4  -4  -5 -4   -4
Shin-in' on the wall 

  4    -4     -4    4  -5  -5 -4
Head-lights through my win- dow 

  4  -4  -5 -4   -4
Shin-in' on the wall 

  5    6   6  -6  6
Can't hear my ba- by 

  -3  -4  -5  -4   -4
Though I call and call 

(Guitar solo)

 4  -4   -4   -4    -5 -5 -4
Win-dow start-ed tremb- lin' 

 -3 -4 -5 -4   -4
With a so-nic boom 

 4  -4   -4   -4    -5 -5 -4
Win-dow started trem-blin' 

 -3 -4 -5 -4   -4    -4
With a so-nic boom, boom 

5  5     5  -4   5    5
A cold girl-'ll kill you 

-3 -4  -5   -4   -4
In  a dark-ened room 



-4  -4   -4  -4  -3  -5  -4
The are dogs out the win-dow

4  -4   -5   -4   -4   -4
In the cruel morn-in’ yard

 -4  -4  -4  -3  -5  -4
Dogs are out the win-dow

4  -4   -5   -4   -4   -4
In the cruel morn-in’ yard

 5   5    5    5  -4   5   5
You lost your lov-in’ keep-er

 4     -4     5    -4   -4
Well, that’s more than hard

A Harp

6
Ooooo

-4 -4’ -4  -4 -4’ -4
  Ah   wah   Ooooo

-4 -4’  -4 -4’ -4  -4 -4’ -4  -2
 Ooo      ah   wah   ah   wah Ooo

7 7’ -8   -5  6   5 gliss to 3
Ooo wah   ah wah      Ooo0

4 gliss to 3   -4’-4  -4’-4  -4’-4  -4’-4  -4’-4  -4’-4
   Ooo          wah    wah    wah    wah    wah    wah

2  -2
Uh huh

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