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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
D A/C# Bm7
We've been through our holes in the walls and the dives
Bm7 G(9) G(9) Bm E
Where you drink to recall what you once had a vision of
C#dim C#dim C#dim C#dim
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
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-|
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
