Roar (12h Chromatic)

by Katy Perry · posted by EarthDogHarpin

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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

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Roar (12h Chromatic)
Words and Music by Katy Perry, Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin,
Bonnie McKee and Henry Walter
Key: Bb
Tenor C Range: Bb3 to D5
Standard 12h Key of C Range: Bb4 to D6
Tabbed for either a 12 hole Key of C Solo tuned Chromatic
OR a Tenor C Solo tuned Chromatic

Tab notations:
none = blow    - = draw    * = button in    hold = ___
-5_-6 = slur; move smoothly from -5 to -6 for one sliding
        sound.


-3* -6   -6 -6   -5 -5     4   4    -3* -3*
 I  used to bite my tongue and hold my breath,

-6     -6 -6   -5  -5   4   4   -3* -3*
scared to rock the boat and make a  mess.

-3* -3* 4   -5  -6 -5__
So   I  sat qui-et-ly,_

-3* -3*   4  -5_-6 -5__
a &ndash; greed po-lite_-ly._

-3* -6    -6  -6 -5  -5  4 4  -3* -3*
 I  guess that I for-got I had a  choice.

-3* -6  -6  -6   -5 -5   4   4     -3* -3*
 I  let you push me past the break-ing point.

-3* -3*   4   -5_-6 -5__
 I  stood for noth_-ing,

-3* -3* -3*  4   -5  -6 -5
So   I  fell for ev-&lsquo;ry thing.

-3* -6   7  -6    -5 -6 7   -6
You held me down, but I got up,

7  -6  -6 -5    -5  -6  7   -6
al-read-y brush-ing off the dust.

-3* -6   7  -6     -3* -6   7    -6_-5
You hear my voice, you hear that sound,

-6   -6   -6   -5  -5 4     -3*  -3*
like thun-der, gon-na shake your ground.

-3* -6   7  -6    -5 -6 7   -6
You held me down, but I got up.

7   -6  -6   -5    -5   -6  7 -6
Get read-y, &lsquo;cause I&rsquo;ve had e&ndash;nough.

-5 -6  7  -6_-5 -5 -6  7  -6_-5
 I see it all,_  I see it now._

-6 -6  -6  -6  7  -7* -7* 7  -6 -7*   7
 I got the eye of the ti-ger, a fight-er

-7*  -7* 7       -6  -7* 7    -6   -7* 7 -6 -7*  7
danc-ing through the fi- re, &lsquo;cause I  am a cham-pion

-6  -7*    8   -9 8    7_-6 -6_-7*_ -7*  7
and you&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar___ loud-er,

-7* -7* 7   -6 -7* 7    -6   -7* 7 -6 -7*  7
loud-er than a li- on, &lsquo;cause I_ am a cham-pion

-6  -7*    8   -9 8    7_-6 -6_-7*_
and you&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar.__

-7* -7* -7* -7*_7_-6  -6_7 -7* -7* -7* -7* -7*_7_-6
Oh, oh, oh, oh,_____  oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,_____

-6_7 -7* -7* -7* -7* -7*_7_-6 -7*    8   -9 8    7_-6 -6_-7*
oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh._____ You&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar._

-6  -6  -6    -5  -5   4 4   -3* -3*
Now I&rsquo;m float-ing like a but&ndash;ter-fly,

-6    -6  -6  -5 -5   4 4     -3* -3*
sting-ing like a bee; I earned my stripes.

-3* -3*  4    -5_-6 -5__
 I  went from ze___-ro__

-3* -3* 4   -5_-6 -5__
 to  my own he___-ro._

-3* -6   7  -6    -5 -6 7   -6
You held me down, but I got up,

7  -6  -6 -5    -5  -6  7   -6
al-read-y brush-ing off the dust.

-3* -6   7  -6     -3* -6   7    -6_-5
You hear my voice, you hear that sound,

-6   -6   -6   -5  -5 4     -3*  -3*
like thun-der, gon-na shake your ground.

-3* -6   7  -6    -5 -6 7   -6
You held me down, but I got up.

7   -6  -6   -5    -5   -6  7 -6
Get read-y, &lsquo;cause I&rsquo;ve had e&ndash;nough.

-5 -6  7  -6_-5 -5 -6  7  -6_-5
 I see it all,_  I see it now._

-6 -6  -6  -6  7  -7* -7* 7  -6 -7*   7 
 I got the eye of the ti-ger, a fight-er

-7*  -7* 7       -6  -7* 7    -6   -7* 7 -6 -7*  7
danc-ing through the fi- re, &lsquo;cause I  am a cham-pion

-6  -7*    8   -9 8    7_-6 -6_-7*_ -7*  7
and you&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar___ loud-er,

-7* -7* 7   -6 -7* 7    -6   -7* 7 -6 -7*  7
loud-er than a li- on, &lsquo;cause I_ am a cham-pion

-6  -7*    8   -9 8    7_-6 -6_-7*_
and you&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar.__

-7* -7* -7* -7*_7_-6  -6_7 -7* -7* -7* -7* -7*_7_-6
Oh, oh, oh, oh,_____  oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,_____

-6_7 -7* -7* -7* -7* -7*_7_-6 -7*    8   -9 8    7_-6 -6_-7*_
oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,_____ You&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar.__

-7* -7* -7* -7*_7_-6 -6_7 -7* -7* -7* -7* -7*_7_-6
Oh, oh, oh, oh,_____ oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh______

-6_7 -7* -7* -7* -7* -7*_7_-6 -7*    8   -9 8    7_-6 -6_-7*
oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh._____ You&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar._

7-6_  7_-6_ 7_-7_  7_-7_ -7*_-8*____
Roar&ndash; oar,_ roar &ndash; oar,_ roar!______

-6 -6 -6  -6  7  -7* -7* 7  -6 -7*   7
I got the eye of the ti-ger, a fight-er,

-7*  -7* 7       -6  -7* 7    -6   -7* 7 -6 -7*  7
danc-ing through the fi- re, &lsquo;cause I  am a cham-pion

-6  -7*    8   -9 8    7_-6 -6_-7*_ -7*  7
and you&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar___ loud-er,

-7* -7* 7   -6 -7* 7    -6   -7* 7 -6 -7*  7
loud-er than a li- on, &lsquo;cause I_ am a cham-pion

-6  -7*    8   -9 8    7_-6 -6_-7*_
and you&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar.__

-7* -7* -7* -7*_7_-6  -6_7 -7* -7* -7* -7* -7*_7_-6
Oh, oh, oh, oh,_____  oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,_____

-6_7 -7* -7* -7* -7* -7*_7_-6 -7*    8   -9 8    7_-6 -6_-7*
oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh._____ You&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar._

-7* -7* -7* -7_7_-6 -6_7 -7* -7* -7* -7* -7*_7_-6
Oh, oh, oh, oh,____ oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,_____

-6_7 -7* -7* -7* -7* -7*_7_-6
oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh._____ 

-7*    8   -9 8    7_-6 -6_-7*
You&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar.

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