Bartenders Blues
by James Taylor · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend
Now, I'm just, a bar-ten-der,
And I don't like, my work,
But I don't mind, the mon-ey, at all,
I see lots of sad fa-ces,
And lots of bad ca-ses,
Of folks with their backs to the wall.
CHORUS
I need four walls, a-round me,
To hold my life,
To keep me from go-in' a-stray,
And a honk-y tonk ang-el,
To hold me tight,
To keep me from slipp-in' a-way.
I can, light up, your smokes,
I can, laugh at, your jokes,
I can, watch you, fall down, on your knees,
I can, gas up, my car,
I can, pack up and mail in my keys.
CHORUS
Now, the smoke fills the air,
In this honk-y tonk bar,
And I'm think-in' 'bout where, I'd rath-er be.
But I burned all my brid-ges,
I sank all my ships,
And I'm stran-ded, at the edge of the sea.