Tom Traubert's Blues

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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

(Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)

 -5  -5  -5   -5   6
Wast-ed and wound-ed
-4   5     5   5    5    4
It ain&rsquo;t what the moon did
4  -4  -4 -4   5   -4  43
I got what I paid for now
4  -5 -5 -5  -5  6
I see ya to-mor-row
 -5     5   5  5  5   5
Hey, Frank can I bor-row
5  5   5   5   5    -4   -4
A cou-ple of bucks from you

 5 -4   5    5   5  5   4
To go waltz-ing Ma-til-da
  5    6   6  6  -5
Waltz-ing Ma-til-da
   5    6   6    6   6  6  -5   5  -4
You&rsquo;ll go waltz-ing Ma-til-da with me

 4  -4 -6 -6  -6   -6  6  -5 -5  6    6  6 -55
I&rsquo;m an in-no-cent vic-tim of a blind-ed al-ley
 5   5    -5  -5  -5   -5   6    -5    5
And I&rsquo;m tired of all these sol-diers here
 4  -5  -5   -5   -5   6
And no one speaks En-glish 
 -5  5   5    5    5   5
And ev-&lsquo;ry things bro-ken
 5   5   5    5   5    5   -4  -4
And my sta-cey&rsquo;s are soak-ing wet

 3     5   -4   5    5   5  5   4
But who&rsquo;ll go waltz-ing Ma-til-da
  5    6   6  6  -5
Waltz-ing Ma-til-da
   5    6   6    6   6   6 -5   5  -4
You&rsquo;ll go waltz-ing Ma-til-da with me

-3   -4  -6  -6   -6   6
Now the dogs are bark-ing
 -5  -5  6  6   6    6   -5 
And the tax-i cabs park-ing
5  -5   -5  -5 6-5 -5  5-44
A lot they can do for me
4   -5   -5  -5  -5   6
I begged you to stab me
-5    5   5   5   5  4
You tore my shirt o-pen
 5   5    5   5  5   5-4  4   -4
And I&rsquo;m down on my knees to-night
 -3   -6   -6   -6  -6   6
Old Bush-mills, I stag-gered
 -5  6  6  6   5   4
You bur-y the dag-ger
  5   5   5    5   5   -4   -4
Your sil-hou-ette win-dow light

 5 -4   5    5   5  5   4
To go waltz-ing Ma-til-da
  5    6   6  6  -5
Waltz-ing Ma-til-da
   5    6   6    6   6  6  -5   5  -4
You&rsquo;ll go waltz-ing Ma-til-da with me

  4   -4   -6  -6   -6    -6   6  -5
Know I&rsquo;ve lost my Saint Christ-o-pher
 6   -6    6     5    4  
Now that I&rsquo;ve kissed her
 5   5   -5  -5  6   -5   5
And the one arm ban-dit knows
 4   4  -5 -5  -5   -5  6  -5    
And the ma-ve-rick Chi-na man
 -5  -5   5     5   5    5 
and the cold blood-ed signs
 5    5   5     5   5   5   5     5    -4   -4
And the girls down by the strip-tease shows go
  5    5   5  5   4
Waltz-ing Ma-til-da
Waltz-ing Ma-til-da
You&rsquo;ll go waltz-ing Ma-til-da with me

4   4  -6    -6   -6   -6  6 -5
No, I don&rsquo;t want your sym-pa-thy
-5   6  6   6    6   -5    5
The fug-i-tives say the streets 
 -5    -5    6   -5  5   
Aren&rsquo;t for dream-ing now
-5    -5   -5   -5    6
Man-slaugh-ter drag-nets 
 -5  -5   5     5    5   5  5   5
And the ghost that sell mem-o-ries
  5    5  5   5    5  5   5   5   5 -4 -4
They want a piece of the ac-tion an-y-how

To go waltz-ing Ma-til-da
Waltz-ing Ma-til-da
You&rsquo;ll go waltz-ing Ma-til-da with me

 4   4   4   -6 -6 -6  -6  6
And you can ask an-y sail-or
And the keys from the jail-er
And the old men in wheel-chairs know
That Ma-til-da&rsquo;s the de-fen-dant
And she killed a-bout a hun-dred
And she fol-lows where-ev-er you may go

Waltz-ing Ma-til-da
Waltz-ing Ma-til-da
You&rsquo;ll go waltz-ing Ma-til-da with me

 4    4  4  -5   -5   -5  -5   6  
And it&rsquo;s a bat-tered old suit-case 
-4 5  5  5    5    4
To a ho-tel some-place
 4  4   -4   -4   -4   5  -4  43
And a wound that will ne-ver heal
-5  -5 -5  -5  6   5   5    5   5  5  5   5   5                                                                                            
No pri-ma don-na, the per-fume is on an old shirt
  5   5    5     -4    5    5   5   4
That is stained with blood and wis-key
 4    4    -5  -5  -5   -5     6    -5
And good night to the street sweep-ers
 -5   5     5    5     5     4   4
The night watch-men, flame keep-ers
 4    4   -4   -4  5  -4  4
And good-night Ma-til-da too

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