Learn to play Nikita (ver 2) by Elton John on your Diatonic
Nikita (ver 2) Harmonica Tab
For an exemplary (and entertaining) harmonica performance from
harproli.ch see …
http://www.youtube.com/user/harproli#p/u/16/jEuRzmLugdI
For a film example with vocals see …
Incidentally, in Russia, Nikita is exclusively a man’s name so Joanna
Pacula’s appearance in the film is the result of bad type casting and
not a dramatic lifestyle change in Elton John.
Based on midi at
http://freemidi.org/download-3030-429-Nikita_Elton_John
and lightly transposed to eliminate the need for bends on a diatonic
harp
Play on a G harp.
6 -6 -7 7 -7 6 -6
Hey Nikita is it cold
-9 8 8 -8 -8 7 7 5 6
In your little corner of the world
8 -8 -8 7 -7 -4 -5
You could roll around the globe
-4 5 5 -5 -5 6 -5 5 6
And never find a warmer soul to know
7 -8 8 -9 8 -8 7
Oh I saw you by the wall
-9 -9 -9 8 8 -8 7 5 6
Ten of your tin soldiers in a row
8 8 -8 -8 7 -7 -4 -5
With eyes that looked like ice on fire
-4 5 -5 -5 -5 6 -5 5 4
The human heart a captive in the snow
7 -8 8 -9 8 -8 -8 7 -9
Oh Nikita you will never know
-9 -9 8 8 -8 7 8
anythin’ about my home
8 8 -8 -8 7 7 -7 -7 -6 6 -8
I’ll never know how good it feels to hold you
8 -9 -9 -9 -9 8 7
Nikita I need you so
7 -8 8 -9 8 -8 -8 7 -8 8 -9
Oh Nikita is the other side
-9 -9 8 8 -8 -8 -8 7 8
of any given line in time
8 -8 -8 7 7 -7 -7 -6 6
Counting ten tin soldiers in a row
8 -9 8 9 -9 -9 -9 8 7
Oh no, Nikita you’ll never know
6 -6 -7 7 -7 6 -6
Do you ever dream of me
-9 8 8 -8 -8 7 7 5 6
Do you ever see the letters that I write
8 -8 -8 7 -7 -4 -5
When you look up through the wire
-4 5 5 -5 -5 6 -5 5 6
Nikita do you count the stars at night
7 -8 8 -9 8 -8 7
And if there comes a time
-9 -9 -9 8 8 -8 7 5 6
Guns and gates no longer hold you in
8 8 -8 -8 7 -7 -4 -5
And if you’re free to make a choice
-4 5 -5 -5 -5 6 -5 5 4
Just look towards the west and find a friend
7 -8 8 -9 8 -8 -8 7 -9
Oh Nikita you will never know
-9 -9 8 8 -8 7 8
anythin’ about my home
8 8 -8 -8 7 7 -7 -7 -6 6 -8
I’ll never know how good it feels to hold you
8 -9 -9 -9 -9 8 7
Oh no, Nikita you’ll never know
instrumental …
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