Ventura Highway

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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  -6
Chewing on a piece of grass
 7  7    7    7  -7 6 5
Walking down the road--
 -6  -6   7   7    7   7  7  -7   6     5
Tell me, how long you gonna stay here, Joe? 
 -6  -6  6  -6   7    7     7    7    -7  6   -7
Some people say this town don't look good in snow
-6   -6    -6  -6  5
You don't care, I know

-6 -6 6  -6 -6  7   7   -7  6
Ventura highway in the sunshine
 -5    6   -6  -6  -6 -6
Where the days are longer
-6    -6   -6   -6  -6   7    -7   6
The nights are stronger than moonshine
 -6    -6 -6 -6
You're gonna go 
-6 6 -5 6 -5 6 -5 6 -5 6 -5 5 -5 6
 I know---------------------------

  6    6   -6   -6  -6  -6 7     -7     -6   6
cause the free wind is blowin' through your hair
 5   6   -6   -6  -6   7    -7  -6    6
And the days surround your daylight there
 -6 -6  -6  7  -7  -6 6
Seasons crying no despair
5 6 -6 -6  -6 7   -7 -6  -7   -7 -7   7
Alligator lizards in the air, in the air

6 -6  6  5 -4  5 -4 -3 -3  4  5 -3

6 -6  6  5 -4  5 -4 -3 -3  4  5 -3

-6 -6  -6 -6  -6 -6   -6
Wishin' on a falling star
 7  7   7   7  -7  6   5
Waitin for the early train
-6 -6 -6    7   7    7    7  7  -7  6   5
Sorry boy, but I've been hit by purple rain
-6   -6  6   -6    7   7   7  7    -7    6    -7
Aw, come on, Joe, you can always Change your name
  -6  -6 -6   -6    -6   5   5
Thanks a lot, son, just the same

-6 -6 6  -6 -6  7   7   -7  6
Ventura highway in the sunshine
 -5    6   -6  -6  -6 -6
Where the days are longer
-6    -6   -6   -6  -6   7    -7   6
The nights are stronger than moonshine
 -6    -6 -6 -6
You're gonna go 
-6 6 -5 6 -5 6 -5 6 -5 6 -5 5 -5 6
 I know---------------------------

  6    6   -6   -6  -6  -6 7     -7     -6   6
cause the free wind is blowin' through your hair
 5   6   -6   -6  -6   7    -7  -6    6
And the days surround your daylight there
 -6 -6  -6  7  -7  -6 6
Seasons crying no despair
5 6 -6 -6  -6 7   -7 -6  -7   -7 -7   7
Alligator lizards in the air, in the air

6 -6  6  5 -4  5 -4 -3 -3  4  5 -3

6 -6  6  5 -4  5 -4 -3 -3  4  5 -3

6 -6  6  5 -4  5 -4 -3 -3  4  5 -3

6 -6  6  5 -4  5 -4 -3 -3  4  5 -3

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