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HALF MOON CAFE (Emily Saliers)
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[Actually in Bb; capo 1.]
[It might be easier to play this with the high E tuned down to D;
then play A/C# as x42222 and E as 022102.]
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
We've been through our Dholes in the A/C#walls and the dBm7ives
Bm7 G(9) G(9) Bm E
Where you drink to recall what you once had a vision of
And we C#dimtalk of our lC#dimives in a prC#dimison C#dim
Though we Bmboth know it's Bm/Abetter to bBm/G#e E
ASafe within A/Gour indecDision Bm7
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
But how much is Dsus9chance, how Emuch would you decAide'
AHow much is Dsus9murder of our Dsus9dreams Gmaj9
How Gmaj9much is suiBmcide'Bm E E
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---|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
[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
G(9) G(9) 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#dim C#dim C#dim C#dim
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-|
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A ------------|------------|0-----------|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-----------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
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