D A/C# Bm7 E F#m G#m
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D A/C# Bm7 E F#m G#m
At the Half Moon Cafe, we drank to our lives
D A/C# Bm7 E F#m G#m
Like pseudo-believers in love
D A/C# Bm7
We've been through our holes in the walls and the dives
Bm7 Bm E
Where you drink to recall what you once had a vision of
C#? C#? C#? C#?
And we talk of our lives in a prison
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# E
Though we both know it's better to be
A A/G D Bm7
Safe within our indecision
A A E E F#m G#m
Than taking the risk to be free
And you were to be a great poet
And I'd find my fame in song
But we somehow saw failure more closely
Than fame all along
And now you manage a hamburger stand
And I haven't found steady work yet
And we meet here to talk and pretend
That we know no regret
Dsus9 E A
But how much is chance, how much would you decide?
A Dsus9 Dsus9 Gmaj9
How much is murder of our dreams
Gmaj9 Bm Bm E E
How much is suicide?
So you ask of my latest Top 40
And I ask of your latest great fiction
As I step outside I see that the moon is full
I have to laugh at the contradiction
Well, at least we can laugh at our dreams
Though it's really much more bitter than sweet
Sometimes through all of this fragmentation
I imagine what it feels to be complete
But how much is chance, how much would you decide?
How much is murder of our dreams
How much is suicide?
{Repeat intro chords with humming; end on x02200-x02220.}
TAB:
D A/C# Bm7 E F#m G#m
E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ |
B ------3----- | ------5----- | ------3----- | ------------ |
G ----2------- | ----2-----0- | ----2-----0- | 1---2---4--- |
D --4-------4- | --2-----2--- | --0-----0--- | ------------ |
A 5-------5--- | 4----------- | 2----------- | ------------ |
E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | 0---2---4--- |
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{intro}
D A/C# Bm7 E F#m G#m
E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ |
B ------0----- | ------5----- | ------3----- | ------------ | {play
G ----2-----2- | ----2-----0- | ----2-----0- | 1---2---4--- | three
D --4-----4--- | --2-----2--- | --0-----0--- | ------------ | times}
A 5----------- | 4----------- | 2----------- | ------------ |
E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | 0---2---4--- |
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{intro} At the
D A/C# Bm7 E F#m G#m
E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ |
B ------0----- | ------5----- | ------3----- | ------------ |
G ----2-----2- | ----2-----0- | ----2-----0- | 1---2---4--- |
D --4-----4--- | --2-----2--- | --0-----0--- | ------------ |
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E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | 0---2---4--- |
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Half Moon Cafe, we drank to our lives
D A/C# Bm7 E F#m G#m
E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ |
B ------0----- | ------5----- | ------3----- | ------------ |
G ----2-----2- | ----2-----0- | ----2-----0- | 1---2---4--- |
D --4-----4--- | --2-----2--- | --0-----0--- | ------------ |
A 5----------- | 4----------- | 2----------- | ------------ |
E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | 0---2---4--- |
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like pseudo-believers in love We've been through our
D A/C# Bm7 Bm7
E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ |
B ------0----- | ------5----- | ------3----- | ------3----- |
G ----2-----2- | ----2-----0- | ----2-----2- | ----2-----0- |
D --4-----4--- | --2-----2--- | --0-----0--- | --0-----0--- |
A 5----------- | 4----------- | 2----------- | 2----------- |
E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ |
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holes in the walls and the dives where you drink to recall
Bm E
E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ |
B ------3----- | ------3----- | ------3----- | ------0----- |
G ----2-----2- | ----2-----2- | ----4-----4- | ----1-----1- |
D --0-----0--- | --0-----0--- | --4-----4--- | --2-----2--- |
A ------------ | ------------ | 2----------- | ------------ |
E 3----------- | 3----------- | ------------ | 0----------- |
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what you once had a vision of And we
C#? C#? C#? C#?
E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ |
B ------5----- | ------5----- | ------5----- | ------5----- |
G ----3-----3- | ----3-----3- | ----3-----3- | ----3-----3- |
D --5-----5--- | --5-----5--- | --5-----5--- | --5-----5--- |
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E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ |
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talk of our lives in a prison Though we
Bm/A Bm Bm/A Bm/G# E
E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ |
B ----------3- | ------3----- | ------3----- | ------0----- |
G --------4--- | ----4-----4- | ----4-----4- | ----1-----1- |
D ------4----- | --4-----4--- | --4-----4--- | --2-----2--- |
A 0---2------- | 0----------- | ------------ | ------------ |
E ------------ | ------------ | 4----------- | 0----------- |
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both know it's better to be
A A/G D Bm7
E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ |
B ------2----- | ------2----- | ----3------- | ------0----- |
G ----2-----2- | ----2-----2- | --2---2---2- | ----2-----2- |
D --2-----2--- | --2-----2--- | 0-------0--- | --0-----0--- |
A 0----------- | ------------ | ------------ | 2----------- |
E ------------ | 3----------- | ------------ | ------------ |
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Safe within our indecision than taking the risk to be
A A E E F#m G#m
E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ |
B ------2----- | 232---0----- | ------0----- | ------------ |
G ----2-----2- | ----------2- | ----1-----1- | 1---2---4--- |
D --2--------- | ----2------- | --2--------- | ------------ |
A 0-------0--- | 0-------0--- | ------------ | ------------ |
E ------------ | ------------ | 0-------0--- | 0---2---4--- |
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free
Dsus9 E A A
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B ----3------- | ------0----- | ------2----- | ------2----- |
G --2-------2- | ----1-----1- | ----2-----2- | ----2-----2- |
D 0-------0--- | --2-----2--- | --2-----2--- | --2-----2--- |
A ------------ | ------------ | 0----------- | 0----------- |
E ------------ | 0----------- | ------------ | ------------ |
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...chance, how much would you decide? How much is
Dsus9 Dsus9 Gmaj9 Gmaj9
E ------0----- | ------0----- | ------2----- | ------2----- |
B ----3-----3- | ----3-----3- | ------------ | ------------ |
G --2-----2--- | --2-----2--- | ----2-----2- | ----2-----2- |
D 0----------- | 0----------- | --0-----0--- | --0-----0--- |
A ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ |
E ------------ | ------------ | 3----------- | 3----------- |
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murder of our dreams, how much is suicide
Bm Bm E E
E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ |
B ------3----- | ------3----- | ------0----- | ------0----- |
G ----4-----4- | ----4-----4- | ----1-----1- | ----1-----1- |
D --4-----4--- | --4-----4--- | --2-----2--- | --2-----2--- |
A 2----------- | 2----------- | ------------ | ------------ |
E ------------ | ------------ | 0----------- | 0----------- |
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So you ask...
- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
