D A/C# Bm7 E F#m G#m {intro; play four times} 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--- | ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . {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--- | ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . {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--- | ------------ | A 5----------- | 4----------- | 2----------- | ------------ | E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | 0---2---4--- | ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 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--- | ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 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 ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 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----------- | ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . what you once had a vision of And we C#? 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E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | B ------5----- | ------5----- | ------5----- | ------5----- | G ----3-----3- | ----3-----3- | ----3-----3- | ----3-----3- | D --5-----5--- | --5-----5--- | --5-----5--- | --5-----5--- | A 4----------- | 4----------- | 4----------- | 4----------- | E ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 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----------- | ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 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----------- | ------------ | ------------ | ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 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--- | ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . free Dsus9 E A A E ------0----- | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | 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----------- | ------------ | ------------ | ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ...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----------- | ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 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----------- | ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . So you ask... - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com