Artist: Sting
Song: Moon Over Bourbon Street
Additions: This is a tab of a rare recording as seen in Jools Holland's FBC documentary
''Walking to New Orleans''. This Version can also be found in a video on youtube. At the
end Jools Holland shoots Sting, why this is I don't know, if you Do please comment.
Fig. 1* (2x)
/ ^7 / /
There's a moon over Bourbon Street tonight
/ ^7 / /
I see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplight
/ ^7 / /
I've no choice but to follow that call
The bright lights, the people, and the moon and all
/ ^7 / /
I pray every day to be strong
/ ^7 / /
For I know what I Do must be wrong
/ ^7 / /
Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
/ ^7 / /
While there's a moon over Bourbon Street
/ ^7 / /
It was many years ago that I became what I
/ ^7 / /
I was trapped in this life like an innocent lam
/ ^7 / /
Now I can never show my face at noon
/ ^7 / /
And you'll only see me walking by the light of the moon
/ ^7 / /
The brim of my hat hides the eye of a beast
/ ^7 / /
I've the face of a sinner but the hands of a priest
/ ^7 / /
Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
/ ^7 / /
While there's a moon over Bourbon Street
Fig. 1* (1x)
Chords:
0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1 1 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
1 1 3 1 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
Fm7b5 x 2 3 2 3 x Gm7b5 x 7 8 7 8 x or x x 1 3 3 3
0 0 0 2 3 1 1 3 3 2 1 1
^7 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 2 3 3 x or played as 3 5 5 3 3 3
Figure 1:
Note:
that the fourth line in verse 2 is played differend in de video by Sting, but
since he started with a Fm7b5 and ended with the I believe it's just a misteak
he made and was supposed to be played like I discribed.
Another differce with the record version is the fact that this acoustic version only
contains 2 verses. And the fact that it is played in a
completly differend key. This also seams to be a regular jazz pattern.