Starry, Starry Night
by Don McClean · posted by skink
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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 7 -8 8 8 -8 7 -6 -8 8 -6
Starry starry night, paint your palette blue and grey.
8 -8 7 -6 -8 8 -6
Look out on a summer's day,
-7 7 -7 -6 6 -6 -7 7 -8 8
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul.
6 -6 7 -8 8 8 -8 7
Shadows on the hills, sketch the trees
-6 -6 -8 8 -6
and the daffodils,
8 -8 7 -6 -6 -8 8 -6
Catch the breeze and the winter chills,
-7 7 -7 -6 6 -6-7 7 -8 7
In colors on the snowy linen land.
7 -8 8 7 -8 -8 8 -9 9 8 8 8
Now I understand, what you tried to say to me.
8 -9 8 -8 7 -6 8 -8-8
How you suffered for your sanity,
-8 -8 -8 8 -9 -8 8
How you tried to set them free.
8 8 -9 8 -8 7 -6 -8 8 -6
They would not listen, they did not know how,
6 -7 7 -8 -7 7
Perhaps they'll listen now.