• Song:

    Moon Over Bourbon Street

  • Artist:

    Sting

  • Album:

    Best Ballads

Artist: Sting
Song: Moon Over Bourbon Street
Additions: This is a tab of a rare recording as seen in Jools Holland's BBC 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.

Intro:
Fig. 1* (2x)

Verse 1:

Gm6 (3x5353@1)                A7 (x02020@1)           Dm/ (xx0231@1)Dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6There's (xx0201@1)a moon over Bourbon Street tonight

Gm6 (3x5353@1)                     A7 (x02020@1)             Dm/ (xx0231@1)Dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6I (xx0201@1)see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplight

Bb (x1333x@1)           A7 (x02020@1)               Dm/ (xx0231@1)Dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6I've (xx0201@1)no choice but to follow that call

Bm7/B5                  E7 (020130@1)           Bb7 (x13131@1)    A7The (x02020@1)bright lights, the people, and the moon and all

Gm6 (3x5353@1)         A7 (x02020@1)     Dm/ (xx0231@1)Dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6I (xx0201@1)pray every day to be strong

Bb (x1333x@1)         A7 (x02020@1)              Dm/ (xx0231@1)Dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6For (xx0201@1)I know what I do must be wrong

Bb (x1333x@1)                        A7 (x02020@1)                     Dm/ (xx0231@1)Dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6Oh (xx0201@1)you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet

Bb (x1333x@1)                A7 (x02020@1)           Dm/ (xx0231@1)Dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6While (xx0201@1)there's a moon over Bourbon Street

Dm (xx0231@1)F (133211@1)Gm6 (3x5353@1)A7 (x02020@1)Verse 2:

Em7/B5                  A7 (x02020@1)               Dm/ (xx0231@1)Dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6It (xx0201@1)was many years ago that I became what I am

Em7/B5                  A7 (x02020@1)              Dm/ (xx0231@1)Dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6I (xx0201@1)was trapped in this life like an innocent lam

Gm6 (3x5353@1)                    A7 (x02020@1)    Dm/ (xx0231@1)Dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6Now (xx0201@1)I can never show my face at noon

Bb (x1333x@1)                           A7 (x02020@1)                 Dm/ (xx0231@1)Dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6And (xx0201@1)you'll only see me walking by the light of the moon

Gm6 (3x5353@1)                A7 (x02020@1)            Dm/ (xx0231@1)Dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6The (xx0201@1)brim of my hat hides the eye of a beast

Em7/B5                              A7 (x02020@1)        Dm/ (xx0231@1)Dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6I've (xx0201@1)the face of a sinner but the hands of a priest

Bb (x1333x@1)                     A7 (x02020@1)                         Dm/ (xx0231@1)Dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6Oh (xx0201@1)you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet

Bb (x1333x@1)                  A7 (x02020@1)           Dm/ (xx0231@1)Dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6While (xx0201@1)there's a moon over Bourbon Street

Fig. 1* (1x)



Chords:

E (022100@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G B (x2444x@1)name="chord_022100@1">E         E (022100@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G B (x2444x@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
  A7 (x02020@1) 0 0 2 0 2 0   Dm7   0 0 0 2 1 1
  Bb (x1333x@1) 1 1 3 3 3 1   Dm6 (xx0201@1) 0 0 0 2 0 1
  Bb7 (x13131@1)1 1 3 1 3 1   E7 (020130@1)  0 2 0 1 0 0
Bm7/b5 x 2 3 2 3 x  Em7/b5 x 7 8 7 8 x  or  x x 1 3 3 3
  Dm (xx0231@1) 0 0 0 2 3 1   F (133211@1)   1 3 3 2 1 1  
  Dm^7 0 0 0 2 2 1   Gm6 (3x5353@1) 3 0 2 3 3 x  or played as Gm3 (355333@1)5 5 3 3 3

*Figure 1:
e --------5-8-5s6--
B ------6----------
G ----7------------
D --0--------------
A -----------------
E -----------------

Note:

that the fourth line in verse 2 is played differend in de video by Sting, but 
since he started with a Bm7/b5 and ended with the Dm 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.

And last but not least I like to thank L. Venderbosch for helping me out
with some parts of the song.

Cheers and enjoy!
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