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If You Know what I mean

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   8    8   -8    -8   -8  -7 7
When the night re-turns just like a friend
-10  -10 -10  9   9     9   9  -8  8
When the eve-ning comes to set me free
-6   -6  -6  6   6     -6  -7   7   7   -7  -6
When the qui-et hours that wait be-yond the day
6     -6   6    -5    5  -4
Make peace-ful sounds in me

 8   8  8    8   8   -8   -8 8  8
Took a drag from my last cig-a-rette
-10 -10  -10   -10  -10 9    9  -10  9
Took a  drink from  a  glass of old wine
-6 -6    6   6    -6  -7 6    7    -7  6
I closed my eyes, and I could make it real
6    -6  6  -5   5    -4
And feel it one more time

-6   -7  7   -7   -6
Can you hear it, babe?
 5   5   5   -4   -4
Can you hear it, babe?
6    6   6  -5  -5
From an-oth-er time
-5   -5  -5 5   5
From an-oth-er place
-5  -5 5  -4  5   6    6
Do you re-mem-ber it, babe?

 7   7  -7 -7 7  6     7    7  -7 -7  7   6
And the ra-di-o played like a car-ni-val tune
7  7   7  7  7   7   7   7   7  7   7
As we lay in our bed in the oth-er room
 7   7   -7  -7 8  6  7   7   -7   7  6  -6
When we gave it a-way for the sake of a dream
 7 7  7  7  7   7     7  7   7    7   7  7
In a pen-ny ar-cade, if you know what I mean

 5     5   5   -4   -4  -4  5   5
Here's to the songs we used to sing
-5  -5     -5 -5   6    6   6   -4  5
And here's to the times we used to know
4     -6  -6  6   -6   -7  6   7   -7  -6
It's hard to hold them in our arms a-gain
6   -6   6  -5   5   -4
But hard to let them go

7   -7 7     -7  -6
Do you hear it, babe?
5   5   5   -4   -4
Do you hear it, babe?
 6  6  6  6   -5  -5 
It was a-noth-er time
-5 -5  -5 -5  5    5
It was a-noth-er place
-5  -5 5  -4  5    6    6
Do you re-mem-ber it, babe?

 7   7  -7 -7 7  6     7    7  -7 -7  7   6
And the ra-di-o played like a car-ni-val tune
7  7   7  7  7   7   7   7   7  7   7
As we lay in our bed in the oth-er room
 7   7   -7  -7 8  6  7   7   -7   7  6  -6
When we gave it a-way for the sake of a dream
 7 7  7  7  7   7     7  7   7    7   7  7
In a pen-ny ar-cade, if you know what I mean 

repeat and fade
7  7   7    7   7  7     7  7   7    7   7  7
if you know what I mean, if you know what I mean
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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