Everybody's Got A Home But Me (2-harp version)

by Rogers & Hammerstein · posted by waltp

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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

EVERYBODY’S GOT A HOME BUT ME 2-harp version
W: Oscar Hammerstein II
M: Richard Rogers
From: Pipe Dream
Key: C
Harps: C, Eb

Harp: C

3  -1  1  1   1    1   -1   2   -1    1   -1  2
6  -4  4  4   4    4   -4   5   -4    4   -4  5
I rode by a house with the win-dows light-ed up

 2   -2”   3    -2” 2  -2”   3   -3”  -3
 5   -5    6    -5  5  -5    6   -6   -7
Look-in’ bright-er than a Christ-mas tree

-3”-3  4   4  4   4   -3 4  -4  -4 -4  -4
-6 -7  7   7  7   7   -7 7  -8  -8 -8  -8
And I said to my-self as I rode by my-self

4   -4  5  -4   4 -3” 3   -2” 2
7   -8  8  -8   7 -6  6   -5  5
Ev-‘ry-bod-y’s got a home but me


3  -1  1  1   1     1   -1   2   -1  1  -1    2
6  -4  4  4   4     4   -4   5   -4  4  -4    5
I rode by a house where the moon was on the porch

 2 -2” 3   -2” 2  -2”  3   -3”   -3
 5 -5  6   -5  5  -5   6   -6    -7
And a girl was on her fel-ler’s knee 

-3”-3  4   4  4   4   -3 4  -4  -4 -4  -4
-6 -7  7   7  7   7   -7 7  -8  -8 -8  -8
And I said to my-self as I rode by my-self

4   -4  5  -4   4 -3” 3   -3  4
7   -8  8  -8   7 -6  6   -7  7
Ev-‘ry-bod-y’s got a home but me

Harp: Eb

-3”-3”-3”  2   3  -3” 3  2  3   -3”
-6-6  -6   5   6  -6  6  5  6   -6
-10-10-10  8   9  -10 9  8  9   -10
I am free and I’m hap-py to be free

2  2   2   1  -1   2 -1  1   -1 2
5  5   5   4  -4   5 -4  4   -4 5
8  8   8   7  -8   8 -8  7   -8 8
To be free in the way I want to be

Harp: C

 3   1   1  1   1    1   -1   2   -1  1  -1  2
 6   4   4  4   4    4   -4   5   -4  4  -4  5
But once in a while when the road is kind-a dark

 2  -2”  3  -2” 2  -2” 3   -3”-3
 5  -5   6  -5  5  -5  6   -6 -7
And the end is kind-a hard to see

-3”-3  4   4  4  4  -3 4  -4   -4 -4  -4
-6 -7  7   7  7  7  -7 7  -8   -8 -8  -8
I look up and I cry to a cloud go-in’ by

  4    -4   5  -4 4 -3” 3   -3  4    -4    5
  7    -8   8  -8 7 -6  6   -7  7    -8    8
Won’t there ev-er be a home for me, some-where

4   -4  5  -4   4 -3” 3   -3  4
7   -8  8  -8   7 -6  6   -7  7
Ev-‘ry-bod-y’s got a home but me

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