No Expectations

by The Rolling Stones · posted by chibluesteve

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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

  7   8  7   7   -7  6     6   7  8   7    -7  6   
 Take me to the station   and put me  on   a train
 -7   7   8   7 -7  6  6  5  -5    6 -5    5    5 6
 I've got no expectations to pass through here again

  7   8  7  7  -7   6   -7   7  8 77 -7  6   
 Once I was a rich man  and now I am so poor
 -7   7 8  7   7  -7     6     6    5  -5  6   -5    5    5 6 
 But never in my sweet, short life have I felt like this before

 -7    7    8   7   7  -7 6      -7   7      8   7    7  -7    
 Your heart is like a diamond,  you throw your pearls at swine
 -7   7 8   7    7    -7 6  6    5   -5 6-5   5    5   6
 And as I watch you leaving me, you pack my peace of mind

 -7    7   8   7    7  -7 6   -7    7 8     7 -7  6 
 Our love was like the water that splashes on a stone
 -7    7   8    7   7  -7 6    5    -5  6-5  5    5    6
 Our love was like our music, it's here and then it's gone

 -7   7   8  7  7   -7 6    -7  7   8 77 -7  6
 So take me to the airport and put me on a plane
  -7   7   8  7 -7  6  6   5  -5    6  -5  5    5 6
 I've got no expectations to pass through here again

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