I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues (solo)

by Elton John/Stevie Wonder · posted by Smacky_Dub

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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

I noticed TINMAN posted the TAB for this solo and i was asked to learn it for a performance but noticed a few errors/ notes that don't match the recording from Elton John
so here is my transcription/interpretation, I hope this is helpful and fun to play for y'all.

~ = trill by tapping the button (you can do this on most of the notes but the ones i've marked with this are where Stevie does it in the recording.
- = draw
  = blow (whenever the draw symbol isn't there it means blow)
* = press the button (for the whole duration of the note)


5, -4, 5, -4~, -3

3, -3, -3, 3,      -4,  -4,  -4,  -4

-4, -3~, 3, 4, -3, 3, 3, 2


  -3, *-3,       -5, 6

7, -7, *-7, -8, -9, 10, 11, -11

-11~, -11~, -11~

11, *-10, 10~, -9

11, -10, -10~, 11, 10, -9~, 9

-7~, 7, 6, 7, -5~, 5

6!

Listen to the song to get the timing right and HAVE FUN!