I Remember Clifford

by Benny Golson · posted by Vintage_Harpr

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Listen to the song— a recording linked by the tab’s author

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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

Intro
| -1 -2'' -3 4 -3' -2'' -3 | -3'' -3'' | 

| -3'' -4' 5 6 4 | -5 | -1 -2'' -2 -3'' -2'' -1 | -2'' -2'' |

Chorus
4 | -3'' -2 2 | -2'' -2 -3'' -3' | 4 4 -4' -3 -4 5 |

| -4 -3'' -4 5 | -5 5 -4 | 4 -4 5 2 -3'' -3 | 4 -3 -3'' | -3' |



4 | -3'' -2 2 | -2'' -2 -3'' -3' | 4 4 -4' -3 -4' 5 |

| -5 -2 4 -4 | 5o -4 | -2 -4 -2' 5 | -3'' -5 -4 |


Verse
5 -5 5 -4 4 -4 | 5 -1 -2'' -2 -3''' -3 | 4 -2 -3'' |

| -3' -3' 4 -3 -3'' -2 | -3'' -3'' -4 5 | 

| -5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 | 5 -3'' 4 5 -4 4 |

| -3'' -2 2 | -2'' -2 -3'' -3' | 4 4 -4' -3 -4 5 |

| -5 -2 4 -4 | 5o -1 -2'' -2 | 

| -3'' -1 -2'' -2 -3''' 2 | -2'' |

This is a ballad that was dedicated to Clifford Brown, the legendary trumpet player known for his beautiful tone, after he was tragically killed in a car crash in his thirties. 

Make Clifford proud.

Keep on harpin

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