Desiree

by Neil Diamond · posted by Scott_Christensen

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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

-6 -6  -6  -6    6  6
It was the third of June

6  6    -5   5   5
On that som-mers day

-6    -6 -6 -6  6 6
Well, I be-came a man

7  7   7     6  6 6
At the hands of a girl

5  5    5     -5 -5
Al-most twice my age

-6  -6  -6   6  6
And she came to me

6    6    6 -5   5   5
Just like a morn-ing sun

-6  -6 -6  6   6  6
And it was-n't so much

7   7     6  6
Her words as such

5  5   5   -5   5    -4
As the way they were sung

-5 -5  -5  -5  -5   -5   5     6 -6 6
It was the way they were sung

Chorus:

-4 5  5
De-si-ree

4   -5 5  5
Oh, De-si-ree

-8    8 7   -8
There I was found

8  7   -8    8   7    -7
By the sweet pas-sion sound

7  -6   -6  6   6
Of your lov-ing song

-7   -7  -6     -6  -6    6   6
Time was right, the night was long

-7 7   -8   -8 8  8
Re-mem-ber, De-si-ree

7  -9 8   8
Oh De-si-ree

-8   8   7 -8
Some-how I knew

8 7     -9 8  7    7  
I could on-ly have you

7    -6  -6   6   6
'Til the morn-ing light

-7 -7 -7 -6  -6   -6  6   6
If on-ly for that sin-gle night

 -5   -5 -5 -5   5   -4   5  4
Sweet De-si-ree, you made it right.

4 -6 6 4 4 5 6 -6
  -5 5 


Then came the fourth of June
On that sleepless night
Well I tossed and I turned
While the thought of her burned
Up and down my mind
For she was there and gone
Without one regret
But she continues on
Like the words of a song
I could not forget
I could not forget

chorus


-4 5  5
De-si-ree

4   -5 5  5
Oh, De-si-ree

-8    8 7   -8
There I was found

8  7   -8    8   7    -7
By the sweet pas-sion sound

7  -6   -6  6   6
Of your lov-ing song

-7   -7  -6     -6  -6    6   6
Time was right, the night was long

-7 7   -8   -8 8  8
Re-mem-ber, De-si-ree

7  -9 8   8
Oh De-si-ree

-8   8   7 -8
Some-how I knew

8 7     -9 8  7    7  
I could on-ly have you

7    -6  -6   6   6
'Til the morn-ing light...

-7  -7    -7  -6    -6  -6   6   6
The night was long, the time was right

-9 -9  -9 -9  -9   -9 8  8
-8 -8  -8 -8  -8   -8 7  7
Do you Re-mem-ber, De-si-ree repeat and fade

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