We Were Born to Die

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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

Verse 1:
-4    5    -4 5 -4
Feet don't fail me now
5   5 5   5   -4 -4 5 -4
Take me to the finish line
-4 5   -4    4   4 -3”
All my heart, it breaks
-3” -3” 4    -4 4 -4 5
Eve-ry step that I take
5   5   5 -4   -4 -4   -4
But I'm hoping that the gates,
-4     -4 -4 5    4     -3 -3”
They'll tell me that you're mine
5 5     5      5 -4 -4   -4
Walking through the cit-y streets
5 5 5   5 6 5 5   5 -4
Is it by mistake or design?
-4 5   -4 4 5 -3” -3” 4 -4   -4
I feel so alone on   a Friday night
5   5   5   -4 -4   -4   -4
Can you make it feel like home,
-4 -4 -4   5    4    -3 -3”
If I tell you you're mine
-3”   5   5   5 -3” -3” 4
It's like I told you honey

Chorus:
4     4   -4 5    -6    6   5 -4
Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
-4   4   -4 5 4 4 -4 5 4 4 -4
Sometimes love   is not     enough
-4   4   -4   4    -4
And the road gets tough
5 -4    4   4 -3”
I don't know why
4    4 4 -4   5
Keep making me laugh,
6 -6 6   5   -4
Let's go get high
3   -4 4   -4   4 -4 4 -4
The road is long, we carry on
4 -4 4   -4 5 -4   4 4 -3”
Try to have fun in the meantime
-6   -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7   -7   7
Come and take a walk on the wild side
-6 -6 -6 -6   -6 -6 -6 -7 -8   -7
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
6   -7   -6   -7   -7 -6
You like your girls insane
4     4    -4    5
Choose your last words
-6 -6 6 5 5    -4
This is the last time
3   -4   4 -4 -4   4 -4 4 -3” -3”
Cause you and I, we were born to die

Verse 2:
Lost but now I am found
I can see but once I was blind
I was so confused as a little child
Tried to take what I could get
Scared that I couldn't find
All the answers, honey

(Chorus)

-6   -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7   -7   7
Come and take a walk on the wild side
-6 -6 -6 -6   -6 -6 -6 -7 -8   -7
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
6   -7   -6   -7   -7 -6
You like your girls insane
4     4    -4    5
Choose your last words
-6 -6 6 5 5    -4
This is the last time
3   -4   4 -4 -4   4 -4 4 -3” -3”
Cause you and I, we were born to die
-4   4 -4 4 -3” -3”
We were born to die
-4   4 -4 4 -3” -3”
We were born to die

-6   -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7   -7   7
Come and take a walk on the wild side
-6 -6 -6 -6   -6 -6 -6 -7 -8   -7
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
6   -7   -6   -7   -7 -6
You like your girls insane

4     4   -4 5    -6    6   5 -4
Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
-4   4   -4 5 4 4 -4 5 4 4 -4
Sometimes love   is not     enough
-4   4   -4   4    -4
And the road gets tough
5 -4    4   4 -3”
I don't know why
4    4 4 -4   5
Keep making me laugh,
6 -6 6   5   -4
Let's go get high
3   -4 4   -4   4 -4 4 -4
The road is long, we carry on
4 -4 4   -4 5 -4   4 4 -3”
Try to have fun in the meantime