Concrete Angel

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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.

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-5  -5    5   5     5    4   -4    -4  5
She walks to school with the lunch she packed
-5-5 6 6     -6   -4    -4  4   4
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
-5 -5   5   5    -4    4   -4   -4 4 5
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday
-5  -5    6   6  5    -4   -4  4 4   4
She hides the bruises with linen and lace

-5  -5  5   5   5   -4  4   -4  -4  5
The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
-5   -5   5  5   5   -4   4  -4  4   4
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
-5   -5 6   6   6  5  4 -4  -4 5
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
-5  -5    5   5   5  -4  4   -4  4 4
Sometimes she wishes she was never born

6       7   7    -6  7   7
Through the wind and the rain
6   7      8    -9 8 7
She stands hard as a stone
6 -8 7     6    -8  7     6    5 -5
In a world that she can't rise above
6   7   7      6    7   7
But her dreams give her wings
6   7   8     -9 8 7     6     -8    -8  7
And she flies to a place where she's loved
-9  8    -8  7
Concrete angel

-5 -5  5  5    4  -4  -4 -4  -4 4   5
Somebody cries in the middle of the night
-5  -5   5    5     -4   4   -4   4   4   4
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
-5 -5 6   6    5      -4 4   -4    -4 5
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
-5   -5  5   5     -4 4  -4 4   4
When morning comes it'll be too late

6       7   7    -6  7   7
Through the wind and the rain
6   7      8    -9 8 7
She stands hard as a stone
6 -8 7     6    -8  7     6    5 -5
In a world that she can't rise above
6   7   7      6    7   7
But her dreams give her wings
6   7   8     -9 8 7     6     -8    -8  7
And she flies to a place where she's loved
-9  8    -8  7
Concrete angel

-5 -5 5   5     5  4 -4  -4 5
A statue stands in a shaded place
-5 -5  5 5    -4   4  -4   4   4
An angel girl with an upturned face
-5 -5  6  6   6   5  4 -4  -4   5
A name is written on a polished rock
-5 -5 5  5     -4   4   -4    4   4
A broken heart that the world forgot

6       7   7    -6  7   7
Through the wind and the rain
6   7      8    -9 8 7
She stands hard as a stone
6 -8 7     6    -8  7     6    5 -5
In a world that she can't rise above
6   7   7      6    7   7
But her dreams give her wings
6   7   8     -9 8 7     6     -8    -8  7
And she flies to a place where she's loved
-9  8    -8  7
Concrete angel

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