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A rainy night in Soho

by The Pogues · posted by bigmalw

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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
Lead in.... 7 6 5 6 -5 5 4 -4 5 -4
            7 6 5 6 -5 5 4 -4 5 -4 4 -3 4.

  5    5   -4  4   -4 5   6    6
I've been lov-ing you a long time
  5   5   5    -4   4    -4  5   6
down all the years,down all the days
 7   7     7    6  -5   5    -5   6
and i've cried for all your trou-bles
  6     6   6   6  4  -5   5   -4
smiled at your fun-ny lit-tle ways
 5    5     5    -4     4   -4  5  6  6
we watched our friends grow up to-ge-ther
 5   5  -4   4  -4  5    6
and we saw them as they fell
 7   7   7    6   -5 5  -5  6
some of them fell in-to hea-ven
 6   6   6    4   -5 5   -4
some of them fell in-to hell


5  5   -4   4    -4  5  6   6
I took shel-ter from a show-er
 5  5   -4    4  -4  5    6 
and i stepped in-to your arms
7  7  7  6   -5   5  -5 6
on a rai-ny night in so-ho
 6    6   6    6    4   -5   5    -4
the wind was whist-ling all i'ts charms
5  -4  4   -4  5   6   6
I sang you all my sorr-ows
5   -4   4  -4   5    6
you told me all your joys
 7   7  7   7   6   -5  5   -5   6
what-ev-er happ-end to that old song
6  6    6     6   4   -5    5   -4
to all those litt-le girls and boys

 5  5   -4   4   -4 5  6  6
Now the song is nearly ov-er
5   5   5   -4   4  -4   5   6
we may not find out what it means
7     7     7  7    6  -5  5  -5   6
but there's a light i hold be-fore me
6    6    6   6   4   -5 5    -4
and your the mea-sure of my dreams
 -4 -4   4   5  -4   4
the mea-sure of my dreams

Lead in ( twice )


 5    5    5  -4  4  -4  5   6   6
Some-times i wake up in the mor-ning
 5   5   5  -4 4  -4 5   6
the gin-ger-la-dy by my bed
7    7   7  6  -5   5  -5  6
co-vered in a cloak of si-lence
6  6    6   6   4   -5 5   -4
i hear you tal-king in my head
 5   5   -4   4   -4  5  6   6
I'm not sing-ing for the fu-ture
 5   5    -4   4  -4  5   6
I'm not dream-ing of the past
 7   7   7   6  -5  5   -5    6
I'm not talking of the first time
6  6  6    6    4 -5   5   -4
i nev-er think a-bout the last

Repeat verse three, then lead in three times to fade out.
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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