Roar (No Bends)

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 (No Bends)
Words and Music by Katy Perry, Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin,
Bonnie McKee and Henry Walter
Key: Bb      Range: Bb4 to D6
Tabbed for a Key of Bb Richter tuned diatonic harmonica

Tab notations:
none = blow      - = draw      hold = ___
5_6 = slur; with continued breath, move smoothly from
      blow 5 to blow 6 to make one sliding sound.


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

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

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

4 4     -4 5_6  5__
a&ndash;greed po-lite-ly.

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

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

4 4     -4  5_6  5__
I stood for noth-ing,

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

4   6   -6  6     5   6 -6  6
You held me down, but I got up,

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

4   6   -6  6       4   6    -6   6_5
You hear my voice,  you hear that sound,

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

4   6    -6 6     5   6 -6  6
You held me down, but I got up.

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

5 6   -6  6_5  5 6   -6  6_5
I see it  all, I see it  now.

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

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

6   7      -8  9  -8   -6_6 6_7_ 7_   -6
and you&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar loud-er,

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

6   7      -8  9  -8_ -6_6 6_7_ 
and you&rsquo;re gon-na hear me_ roar.

7   7   7   7_-6_6  6_-6 7   7   7   7   7_-6_6
Oh, oh, oh, oh,___  oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,___

6_-6 7   7   7   7   7_-6_6 7      -8  9  -8   -6_6 6_7
oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.___ You&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar.

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

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

4 4    -4   5_6 5__
I went from ze_-ro_

4  4  -4  5_6 5__
to my own he_-ro.

4   6    -6 6     5   6 -6  6
You held me down, but I got up,

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

4   6    -6 6       4   6    -6   6_5
You hear my voice,  you hear that sound,

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

4   6    -6 6     5   6 -6  6
You held me down, but I got up.

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

5 6  -6  6_5  5 6   -6 6_5
I see it all, I see it now.

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

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

6   7      -8  7  -8   -6_5 6_7__ 7_   -6 
and you&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar_ loud-er,

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

6   7      -8  9  -8_  -6_5 6_7_
and you&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar.

7   7   7   7_-6_6 6_-6 7   7   7   7   7_-6_6
Oh, oh, oh, oh,___ oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,_____

6_-6 7   7   7   7  7_-6_6 7      -8  9  -8  -6_6 6_7_
oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.__ You&rsquo;re gon-na hear me_ roar.

7   7   7   7_-6_6 6_-6 7   7   7   7   7_-6_6
Oh, oh, oh, oh,___ oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh____

6_-6 7   7   7   7   7_-6_6 7      -8  9  -8   -6_6 6_7__
oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.___ You&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar.

-6_6_   -6_6_ -6_-7_  -6_-7_ 7_-8____
Roar_ &ndash; oar,_ roar__  &ndash;oar,_ roar!___

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

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

6   7      -8  9  -8   -6_6 6_7__ 7_   -6
and you&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar_ loud-er, 

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

6   7      -8  9  -8   -6_6 6_7__
and you&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar.

7   7   7  7_-6_6 6_-6 7   7   7   7   7_-6_6
Oh, oh, oh, oh,__ oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh____

6_-6 7   7   7   7  7_-6_6
oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.__ 

7      -8  9  -8   -6_6 6_7__
You&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar.

7   7   7   7_-6_6 6_-6 7   7   7   7   7_-6_6
Oh, oh, oh, oh,___ oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh____

6_-6 7   7   7   7  7_-6_6 
oh,_ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.__ 

7      -8  9  -8_  -6_6 6__7
You&rsquo;re gon-na hear me__ roar.



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