Ashes To Ashes

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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

9   9  9   9  -8  -8  7    -7      -6  
Do you re-mem-ber a  guy, thats's been
 9   9   9  9 -8   7   7 -7
In such an early song ~~~~~~
  9    9   9  9  9   -8    7     -7  -6
I've heard a rumour from ground control
6  -5   -5    6  -5    5 
Oh no, Don't say it's true
  7   7  7  7  7    7    7   -8 7   7
They got a message from the action man
 7  -8  8    -7    -7    7  -8  -6  -6 6 -5
I'm hap-py, hope your'e hap-py too ~~~~~~~~~
  8   -9    8  -8 7 -7   -6  
I've loved all I needed love
 5  -4  5  5    5  -5   -4
Sordid details fol-low-ing
 5    5   -6  -7  -7  7   7  7  -7
The shrieking of nothing is killing
 -6    5   5   5  5    6   -6  -7  -7  -7
Just pictures of Jap girls in syn-thes-is
-6  6  6    6  -6 -6  -7 
And I aint got no mon-ey
-7  -7 -7  -6  6   -5   -5
And I aint got no hair ~~~~
-5  -6   -6 6  -5  5   -5  
But the planet is glowing

5  -5  5  -5  5  -5  5
~~~~Instrumental~~~~~~

-5 -5  -5  5 -4    -5   -5   5 -4  
Ashes  to  ashes  funk  to  funky
6    6  -5  5   6  6  5  -4 
We know Major Toms a junkey
  -5   -5  -5  5   -4  -5     
Strung out in heavens high
-5    5  -4  -4   4   -3 
Hit-ting an all time low

 9    9   9 9  -8  7   -7 -6 
Time and again I tell myself
 9    9     9    -8  7
I'll stay clean tonight
 9   9   9  9   -8     7
But the little green wheels
-7   -6  6  -7  -7   6 -5  -5  6  -5 
Are fol-low-ing me, Oh no, not a-gain
 7    7    7   7 -8  7  -7    7   
I'm stuck with a val-ua-ble friend
 7  -8  8    -7    -7    7  -8  -6
I'm hap-py, hope you're hap-py too
-9    8   -8   7    -6  6   -5  6   5 -4
One flash of light, but no smoking pistol
 8    8 -8   7   -7  -7 7   7          
I've never done good ~~~~ things
 8    8 -8   7   -7  -7 7   7 
I've never done bad ~~~~~ things
8 8 -8   7  7 -7   -7  
I never did an-y-thing
-8   7 -6   -7  -7 -6     -5  5  -5  -6  
Out of the blue ~~~~~ ....Woh ~~ Oh ~~~~
 -9  -9  -9  8   8   -8  -8 
Want an axe to break the ice
 8    8   8   -8    7    -7 
Want to come down right now

-5 -5  -5  5 -4    -5   -5   5 -4  
Ashes  to  ashes  funk  to  funky
6    6  -5  5   6  6  5  -4 
We know Major Toms a junkey
  -5   -5  -5  5   -4  -5     
Strung out in heavens high
-5    5  -4  -4   4   -3 
Hit-ting an all time low

-5  5 5  -4  -4  6    -5    5
My mama said to get things done
 5  -5 -5   5   -4   -4  -5 5   -4  
You better not mess with Major Tom
6  -5 -5  5  5   -5   5     -4
My mama said to get things done
-4   -5 -5  5   -4   -4   6 -5  5 
You better not mess with Major Tom
-5  5 5  -4  -4  -5   5     -4     
My mama said to get things done
-4   6  6   -5   5    5  -5 5   -4
You better not mess with Major Tom


Listen to the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r44OFO-MNPo

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