Tangerine Man

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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


-10 -9 8    9  8  -8   7   -6
Tangerine, she is all they claim.

7   -6    7   -6  -7   
With her eyes of night 

-6   7  -6   -7    6    8
and lips as bright as flame.

-10 -9 8    9    8  -8 7  -6
Tangerine, when she dances by,

-7 7-7 7    8    7   8 7 -9 7   8
Senoritas stare and caballeros sigh

-10 -9    8     9     8
And I've seen toasts to 

-8 7 -6      7   -6   7 -6 -7  
Tangerine, raised in every bar 

-6 7   -6  -7 6  8
across the Argentine.

 -9   9  -10  -9   8  9  -9   8
Yes, she has them all on the run

-8  -8    8    7  -7  -8  7   -7
But her heart belongs to just one

-6    6   -6  7   -9 -10 -7 7
Her heart belongs to tangerine

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound