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Roxanne

by Police · 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 *
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Tab
-6   +5
Rox-anne
+7   -7    -6  -7 -6  -7 -6  -7   +6
You don't have to put on the red light
 +5    -5  -6  +6 -6
Those days are ov-er
+6   -6    -6  +6  +8   -8  +7 -6 -6 +6   -6
You don't have to sell your bod-y to the night

+7   -6
Rox-anne
+6   -6    -6  +6  -6   -7    +7  -6   -7
You don't have to wear that dress to-night
 +7  -7    -7    -6  -7  -6
Walk the streets for mon-ey
+6   -6    +7  -7 -6    -7   +6 -6 -6    -6
You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right

-8   -6
Rox-anne
+6   -6    -6  +6 -6  -6 +6  -6   +6  +7
You don't have to put on the red light__

[repeat 5x]:
 +7  -6     +8  -8 +7  -8   +7
Rox-anne___ put on the red light___

+4  -4   +5   +5  +5  +6  -6 
 I loved you since I knew you
+7  -7   +7   -7   +7  -7 -8 
 I would-n't talk down to you
-6  +7  -7  -6  -7   -6  +7 -7  -7
 I have to tell you just how I feel
+6  -6    +7   -7   -6 +6  -6  -6 +5
 I won't share you with a-noth-er boy
+5  +7  +7  -7  -7  -6  +7
 I know my mind is made up
+5 +7 +7 -7   -7   -6  -8
So put a-way your make up
 -8  +7   -6 +7  -6   -7   +7  -7  -7
Told you once I won't tell you  a-gain
-6  +6 -6  -6
It's a bad way

-8   -6
Rox-anne
+6   -6    -6  +6 +7  -7 -6  +7   -6
You don't have to put on the red light

-8   -6
Rox-anne
+6   -6    -6  +6 +7  -6 +6  -6   -6
You don't have to put on the red light
-8   -8    +7  -6 -8  -8 +7  +7   -6  +7
You don't have to put on the red light__
[repeat a gazillion times]:
      -8  -8 +7   -8  +7  -8
. . . put on the red light__
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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