Wreck on the 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)

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Tab

-5  -5  -5  -6  -5 -6   6  -5
Who did you say it was, brother?

-5  -5  -5 -6   -5 -6  6
Who was it fell by the way?

7 7     7   -6    -5 -6  6   -5
I heard the crash on the highway,

4   -5 -5 -5  -6   6 -5 5  -5
But I- didn't hear nobo-dy pray.


CHORUS

7 7  7   7    -8 7 -6 7     7  - 6  -5
I didn't hear no-body pray, dear brother!

-5 -4 -5  6    -6 6 5  -5
I- didn't hear no-body pray.

4 -5    6   -6    6  -5  -6  7
I heard the crash on the highway,

-5  -6 -6 -5  -6   6 -5 5  -5
But I- didn't hear nobo-dy pray.


VERSE 2
When I heard the crash on the highway
I knew what it was from the start
I went to the scene of destruction
And a picture was stamped on my heart.


REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE 3
There was whiskey and blood all together
Mixed with glass where they lay
Death played her hand in destruction
But I didn't hear nobody pray.

REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE 4
I wish I could change this sad story
That I am now telling you
But there is no way I can change it
For somebody's life is now through.

REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE 5
Their souls have been called by the Master
They died in a crash on the way
And I heard the groans of the dying
But, I didn't hear nobody pray.

REPEAT CHORUS

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