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Tonight (from West Side Story)

by Leonard Bernstein · posted by mmolino54

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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)

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Tab
This is only the duet part between Tony and Maria
and does not include the spoken gang/secondary character parts.

        +5  -6    +4  -3
[TONY]: To-night, to-night, 
 -5   +5  +4  -6 +4  -3  
Won't be just an- y night,
-5  +5    +4    -6  -7 +7 -6   +7   -7 
To-night there will be no mor-ning star.
-7  +7    +5  -4    -6   +6  +5  +7  +8  -8 
To-night, to-night, I'll see my love to-night. 
+7  -8  +8    +7   -8   +8    +7   -8  +8 
And for us, stars will stop where they are. 

+8  -9 +8  -8   -7   +7   -8   +8 -8
To-day the min-utes seem like hour-s,
+7  -7  +6 -6 -7  -8  +7 
The hour-s go so slow-ly, 
-7   -6   -5  +6  -6  -7
And still the sky is light . . . 

-7  -6    +4   -3
Oh moon, grow bright, 
-5   +5   +4  -6   -7  +7  -6   +7   +8
And make this end-less day end-less night! 

         +6  +7    +5  -4 
[MARIA]: To-night, to-night
 -6   +6  +5  +7 +5   -4
Won't be just an- y night, 
-6  +6    +5    +7  -8 +8 +7  +8    -8
To-night there will be no mor-ning star, 
-8  +8    +6  -5    +7   -7  +6  +8  +9  -9
To-night, to-night, I'll see my love to-night.
+8  -9  +9   +8   -9   +9    +8   -9   +9
And for us, stars will stop where they are. 

                  +9 -10 +9
[MARIA AND TONY]: To-day the
-9   -8  +8   -9   +9  -9
min-utes seem like hour-s.
+8  -8  -7 +7 -8  -9  +8 
The hour-s go so slow-ly, 
-8   +7   -6  -7  +7  -8
And still the sky is light.
-8  +7   +5    -4 
Oh moon, grow bright,
-6   +6  +5   +7  -8   +8  +7  +8    +9 
And make this end-less day end-less night, 
+9   +10
To-night!


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