Drunken Lullabies

I play this song on a harmonica in A tuning, but of course, it works wherever you want it to as long as it's a ten hole diatonic. I don't claim that this tab is perfect, but I think I've gotten the gist of the tune and I've purposely left it a bit more basic so you can embellish as you please. Some parts may still sound wrong when you play them, and if they do, just crop them out until you have what sounds right to you. 

I've tried to make this as easy as possible to read--I know how annoying it is to have the tabs of a song you recognize in front of you, but be completely unable to play it. If anyone likes it or has any comments at all, just send me a message. 

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456666-665-55-4-4-4-44-44

456666-6657-7-6-6-6-66-66

456666-55-4-4-4-45-44444-34

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[b]456666-6657-7-6-6-6-6-66-66[\b]

[b]456666-55-4-4-4-45-44444-34[\b]

[repeat once, to the other set of words]
5 -4 4 5 6 5 5 6 -6 6 5 5 5 -5 5 -4 4
Must it take a life for hateful eyes, to glisten once again

-5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 5 5 5 -4 4 -4
Five hundred years like Gelignite, have blown us all to hell

6 6 -6 6 5 6 -6 6 5 5 -5 5 -4 4
What savior rests while on his cross we die, forgotten freedom burns

-5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 5 5 5 -4 4 -4
Has the Shepard led his lambs astray, to the bigot and the gun

-5 -5 -5 -6 7 -6 6 -6 6 5 -5 -6 7 -6 6
Must it take a life for hateful eyes, to glisten once again

-6 -7 7 -6 6 5 5 -6 6 5 4 -4 5 6 -4 4 4
Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess singin' drunken lullabies
[/end repeat once]


6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -5 5 5 
Ah, but maybe it`s the way you were taught

6 -6 -6 -6 6 -5 6 6
Or maybe it`s the way we fought

6 6 -6 6 6 -5 6 6 -5 5 5
But a smile never grins without tears to begin

6 6 -6 6 6 -5 5 -5 5
For each kiss is a cry we all lost

6 6 6 7 7 -7 -6 6 6
Though there is nothing left to gain

6 6 6 7 7 -7 -6 7 -8 7 -7
But for the banshee that stole the grave

-7 -7 7 -7 -6 6 6 -6 6 5
Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess

4 -4 5 5 -4 -4 4 4
Singin' drunken lullabies


4 4 5 6 5 6 -6 6
I sit in and dwell on faces past

5 5 -5 5 -4 4
Like memories seem to fade

5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5
No colour left but black and white

5 5 5 -4 4 -4
And soon will all turn grey

6 6 6 6 -6 6 5 5 6 -6 6
But may these shadows rise to walk again

5 5 -5 5 -4 4
With lessons truly learnt

5 5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5
When the blossom flowers in each our hearts

5 5 5 5 -4 4 -4
Shall beat a new found flame


-5-5-5-67-66-66
Must it take a life for hateful eyes

5-5-67-65
To glisten once again

-5 -6 6 -6 -5 5 5 -5 5 4
Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess

4 -4 5 5 -4 -4 4 4
Singin' drunken lullabies

-5 -6 6 -6 -5 5 5 -5 5 4
Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess

4 -4 5 5 -4 -4 4 4
Singin' drunken lullabies