Buona Sera

by Carl Sigman/Peter DeRose · posted by harmusman

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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

A song Favoured by the Ray Ellington Band in 50's
and 60's
In tabbing this I have used the 2< F if you wish you can use -2 F, use your preference wherever.

 2< 2< 2< 2<  2< 2< 3~~~ 3  3  3  3  2<~~~ -1 -1<
Buo-na/Se-ra Sig-no-ri/ na Buo-na Se-ra-/- it is/

 2<  2<  2<  2<   -3<~~~~ -3< -3 -2 -1<~~~~~~
time to say good-night-/-- to Na-po-li-/----/

      1     -1   -1< -1< -1< -1<  -1<  4  -3< 3
rrr though it's/hard for  us  to whis/per Buo-na/

-3< -3~~~ 4    -3<  3  -3< -3  -3~~~~  3
 Se-ra--/with that old/moon a-bove--- the/

3  2< 2<  2<  -1<  -1~~~   -1 -1<
Me-di-ter-ra-nean/sea---/  in the/

 2<  2<  2<  2< 3~~~~ 3    3   3   3   2<~~~~
morn-ing Sig-no-ri-/--na we'll go/walk-ing--/

~~  -1  -1<  2<   2<   2<  2<   -5~~~
--where the/moun-tains and the sand-/

~~~ -5  4 -3<   3~~~~~~~~~
-- come in-to sight-/----/ 

  3  -3  -3< -3<   -3<  -3<  -3<   -3<   3<  -2<
  by the/lit-tle jew'll-er's/shop we'll stop and/

-2< 2<~~~~~  3  2< 2< -1< -1< -1  -1<~~~ -3  -2
lin-ger-/--while I/buy a wed-ding ring-/for your/

 3   2<~~~~~ -3< 4   -5   -5  -5  -5  -5~~~
fin-ger---/- in the/mean-time let me tell-/

~ -5  4  -3<  4   3~~~~~~ -5 -3< -5 -3< -5 -3<
-you that I/love you---/- Buo-na/Se-ra sig-no-/

-5 -3  -5  -5  -5   -3<~~~~
ri-na kiss me good/night--/

~~ -1 -1 1  -1 -1< -2  3  3   -5  -5  -5
--Bou-na/Se-ra Sig-no-/ri-na kiss me good-/

 -6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
night---/----/----/-- //


Harmusman

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