Somewhere Only We Know

by Keane · posted by dino

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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

+4  +6   +6 +5  -4 +5 -4  +5
I walked across an empty land
-5 -5   -5 -5  -5   -5   -5  -5  +5 -4 -5  +5
I knew the pathway like the back of my han--d
+4 +6  +6   +5   +5 +5   -4  +5
I felt the earth beneath my feet
-5  -5  -5 -5 -5 -5  -5  -5  +5 -4 -5 +5
Sat by the river and it made me complete

+5 +7 +7   -6    +5    +6  +6   +5
Oh simple thing where have you gone
-5  -5  -5  -5   -5 -5 -5  -5  +5    -4  -5  +5
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
+5  +7  +7  -6   +5    +5 +5  +6 +6 +5
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
-5  -5  -5    -5   -5 -5 -5  -5  +5    -4 +5 -5 +5
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to beg---in

+4  +6  +6 +5 -4 +5 -4  +5
I came across a  fallen tree
-5 -5  -5  -5  -5   -5 -5  -5  +5 -4 -5  +5
I felt the branches of it looking at m----e
+4  +6  +6   +5   +5  +5  -4  +5
Is this the place we used to love?
-5  -5  -5    -5   -5   -5   -5   -5  +5  -5 +5
Is this the place that I've been dreaming o---f?

+5 +7 +7   -6    +5    +6  +6   +5
Oh simple thing where have you gone
-5  -5  -5  -5   -5 -5 -5  -5  +5    -4  -5  +5
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
+5  +7  +7  -6   +5    +5 +5  +6 +6 +5
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
-5  -5  -5    -5   -5 -5 -5  -5  +5    -4 +5 -5 +5
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to beg---in

-4  +7 -7   -7  -6 +5 -4  +5   +6   +5 -4
And if you have a  minute why don't we go
+7   -7 -7 -6 +5  -4    +5 +6  +5 -4
Talk about it somewhere on-ly we know?
+7    -7   -7 -6  +5  -4  +5 +6  +5 -4
This could be the end of eve-ry-thin-g
+5  -4  +6   +5 -4
So why don't we go
+5   -4   +5 +6 -4  +4
Somewhere on-ly we know?

(INSTRUMENTAL)

+5 +7 +7   -6    +5    +6  +6   +5
Oh simple thing where have you gone
-5  -5  -5  -5   -5 -5 -5  -5  +5    -4  -5  +5
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
+5  +7  +7  -6   +5    +5 +5  +6 +6 +5
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
-5  -5  -5    -5   -5 -5 -5  -5  +5    -4 +5 -5 +5
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to beg---in

-4  +7 -7  -7  -6 +5 -4  +5   +6  +5 -4
So if you have a minute why don't we go
+7   -7 -7 -6 +5  -4    +5 +6 +5  -4
Talk about it somewhere on-ly we know?
+7    -7   -7 -6  +5  -4  +5 +6  +5 -4
This could be the end of eve-ry-thin-g
+5  -4  +6   +5 +5
So why don't we go
+5  -4  +6   +5 +5 -4 +4 -3 
So why don't we g---------o
+7    -7   -7 -6  +5  -4  +5 +6  +5 -4
This could be the end of eve-ry-thin-g
+5  -4  +6   +5 +5
So why don't we go
+5  -4    +5 +6 +5  +5
Somewhere on-ly we know?
+5  -4    +6 +6 +6 -3  -3
Somewhere on-ly w-------e
+5  -4    +5 +6 -4  +4     +4
Somewhere on-ly we kno------w?

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