Pompeii

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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

4                    {wah-wah effect}
Eh
-5 -5 4 -5 4
Eh eh o eh o
-5  5  4 5  4
Eh eh o eh o
5 5 4 5 4
Eh eh o eh  o
-4 -4 4 -4 4
Eh eh o eh  o

-5 -5  4 -5 4
 Eh eh o  eh o
-5  5  4  5  4
Eh eh o  eh o
 5   5 4  5  4
Eh eh o eh o
-4 -4  4 -4  4
Eh  eh o  eh o

5  5   6  5  5   5  6   5  5 -4 4 -4 3
I was le-eft to my own de-vi-i-i-i-ces
 5  5  6  5   5   5   6   5   5   -4   4  -4  5
Ma-ny da-ays fell a-way with no-thing to sho-ow

(Chorus)
 3   -2   4     4   4 -3   3   4
And the walls kept tum-b-ling down
4   4  -4  4   4  -4  4 -3 -2 4 -3
In the ci-ty that we lo-o-o-o-ve
  3      4     4  4  -3  -2   4
Great clouds roll o-ver the hills
  4   4    -4    4   4  -4  4 -3 -2 4 -3
Brin-ging dark-ness from a-bo-o-o-o-ove
 4   4  4    5    -4    4
But if you close your eyes,
-5  4  -5
[Eh o  eh]
  4   4  6   5   -4    4
Does it al-most feel like
 6   5    -4   4    4  -4
No-thing cha-anged at all?
 4   4  4    5    -4    4
And if you close your eyes,
-5  4 -5
[Eh o eh]
 4   4   6  5   -4   4
Does it almost feel like
   6     5  -4  4   4 -4  5
You've been he-ere be-fo-ore?
 4  -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5  5  4  4   5   5   -4
How am I gon-na be an op-ti-mist a-bout this?
 4  -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5  5  4   4  6   5   -4 4
How am I gon-na be an op-ti-mist a-bout thi-is?

5    5   6    5    5  5   6   5   5  -4  4  -4  3
We were cau-aught up and lost in all of our vi-ces
5   5    6  5   5  5  -6  6   5   -4  4  -4   3
In your po-ose as the du-ust set-tles a-round us


(Chorus)

(Eh o eh o eh)

 4   3   -2  4  -4  5
Oh where do we be-gin?
 4  -6   6   5  4   -4
The ru-bble or our sins?
5 -4 4   3   -2  4 -4  5
O-o-oh where do we be-gin?
 4  -6   6   5  4  -4  5
The ru-bble or our si-ins?


(Chorus)


4   4    5    -5   5 -4 4
If you close your ey-e-es,
 -5 4 -5
[Eh o eh]
 4   4   6  5    -4   4
Does it al-most feel like
 6   -6   5    4   4   -4 5 -4 4
No-thing cha-anged at  a-a-a-all?

-5 -5 4 -5 4
Eh eh o eh o
 5  5  4 5  4
Eh eh o eh o
5 5 4 5 4
Eh eh o eh  o
-4 -4 4 -4 4
Eh eh o eh  o

-5 -5  4 -5 4
 Eh eh o  eh o
-5   5 4   5  4
Eh eh o  eh o
 5   5 4  5  4
Eh eh o eh o
-4 -4  4 -4  4
Eh  eh o  eh o

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