Fred Jones, Pt. 2

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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)

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Tab

-=Verse One=-

6    6    66    5  -5  6    6  6   6 
Fred sits alone at his desk in the dark

5       -5 6  6    6     6  5   6    6     6  6   6
There's an awkward young shadow that waits in the hall

7    7       7   7   7      -7  7    7   7    7  7 -7
He's cleared all his things and he's put them in boxes

6      6    6 6    5     6    -5  5    -4
Things that remind him: 'Life has been good'

8   8  8    8 7
Twenty-five years

8    8      8  8   8 7
He's worked at the paper

8 8     8    8  8    -9  8   -8
A man's here to take him downstairs

-9  -9  -9 8   7  7  -6
And I'm sorry, Mister Jones

6    5    4
It's time

-=Verse Two=-

6     6   6  6  5   6     6    6  6
There was no party, there were no songs

 5     -56     6    6 6   5    6   6   6    6  6   6
'Cause today's just a day like the day that he started

7  7   7  7    -7   7    7     7   7     7
No one is left here that knows his first name

6   6    6  6    6  6    6 6  -77   -8
And life barrels on like a runa-way train

7     -8  8  8  8    8
Where the passengers change

7    -8    8      88 8
They don't change anything

7   -8   8   8   8   8    -9  8  -8
You get off; someone else can get on

-9  -9  -9 8   7  7  -6
And I'm sorry, Mister Jones

6    5    4
It's time

-=Interlude=-

7     7     7      -7      -6  6
Streetlight shines through the shades

6   6   -6    -6  -6  -6    6   6     -5 5   -4
Casting lines on the floor, and lines on his face

5  -4 4     4  4   4
He reflects on the day

-=Verse Three=-

6    6    6   6      5   -5  6    6  6   6   5
Fred gets his paints out and goes to the basement

6  6  6    6    6      6    6 6     -7
Projecting some slides onto a plain white

7  7   7   7  -7  -6
Canvas and traces it

7     7  7   7  -7
Fills in the spaces

6  6     6   6   6       5   -5 6  -7   7    -8
He turns off the slides, and it doesn't look right

7     -8  8   8  8     8  7
Yeah, and all of these bastards

7    8 8   8   8
Have taken his place

7    -8 8  8   8   8   -9  -8
He's forgotten but not yet gone

-9  -9  -9 8   7  7    -6
And I'm sorry, Mister Jones

-9  -9  -9 8   7  7    -6
And I'm sorry, Mister Jones

-9  -9  -9 8   7  7    -6
And I'm sorry, Mister Jones

6    5    4
It's time

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