Galveston

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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

 5  6  6  5  -6  6  6  5   6    6    5
Galveston oh Galveston I still hear your 
 5    4    3  4
sea winds blowin`
4  -4    5  -4   5    -2   3  4    4   4
I still see her dark eyes glowin` she was 
 4 -4   5   3  -5  5   -4  4  4
twenty one when I left Galveston


Galveston oh Galveston I still hear your
sea waves crashin` 
While I watch the cannons flashin`
I clean my gun and dream of Galveston

-7 -7   -7  -7  -7  -7  -6  -5  6  6
I still see her standing by the water
-7  -7    -7   -7 -7   -6  -5  6
Standing there lookin` out to sea
 6  6   6   6  6     6    6  -5-4
and is she waiting there for me
-5 -5   -5    -5   -5 -4   -3  4
On the beach where we used to run

5  6   6  6  -6  6  6  5 6  6  5  5   4  3  4
Galveston oh Galveston I am so afraid of dying
4  4  -4  5  -4   5    -2    3  4
Before I dry the tears she`s cryin`
4  4  -4  5    -4   5    6    -6 7   -7  6 -77-76
Before I watch your sea birds flying in the sun
-6  6  -5 6  -6 6  -5  6
At Galveston at Galveston

 
The instrumental ending to the song
follows the first verse from "Galveston to crashin`"

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