Sting - Moon over bourbon street
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Bass Progression varies slightly from verse to verse.
[Verse]
There's a Gm7b5moon over C7Bourbon Street
FmTonight Fm/C Fm
I see Gm7b5faces as theyC7 pass beneath the
FmPale Fm/Elamp lFm/Ebight Fm/D
I've no Dbchoice but to C7follow
That FmcallFm/G Fm/Ab Fm/C
The Dm7b5bright lights, the G7people,
And the Dbmoon and C7all
I Gm7b5pray every C7day
To be FmstroFm/Gng Fm/Ab Fm/C
For I Gm7b5know what IC7 do
Must be FmwrongFm/E Fm/Eb Fm/D
Oh you'll Dbnever see my C7shade
Or hear the Fmsound of my feet
While there's a Dbmoon over C7Bourbon FmStreet
[Instrumental]
Fm Ab Bbm C7 x4
[Verse 2]
It was Gm7b5many years agoC7b9
That FmI became Fm/Ewhat I Fm/Ebam Fm/D
I was Gm7b5trapped in this lifeC7
Like an Fminnocent Fm/Glamb Fm/Ab Fm/C
Now I Dbnever show my C7face
At FmnoonFm/G Fm/Ab Fm
And Dm7b5you'll only see me G7walking
By the Dblight of the C7moon
The Gm7b5brim of my C7hat
Hides the Fmeye Fm/G of a Fm/Abbeast Fm
I've the Gm7b5face of a C7sinner
But the Fmhands Fm/Eof a pFm/Ebriest Fm/D
Oh you'll Dbnever see my C7shade
Or hear the Fmsound of my Fm/Efeet Fm/Eb Fm/D
While there's a Dbmoon over C7Bourbon FmStreet
[Instrumental]
Fm Ab Bbm C7 x4
[Interlude]
Db Eb G Cm Cm
Bb Ab C7 C7 C7
[Verse 3]
She Gm7b5walks everydayC7b9
Through the Fmstreets oFm/Ef New OFm/Ebrleans Fm/D
She's Gm7b5innocent and young C7
From a fFmamily of Fm/Cmeans Fm Fm/C
I have Dbstood many C7times
Outside her Fmwindow at Fm/Cnight Fm Fm/C
To sDm7b5truggle with my instinct G7
in the Dbpale moonlightC7
How Gm7b5could I be this C7way
when I praFmy toFm/G god aFm/Abbove Fm
I must Gm7b5love what I destC7roy
and destFmroy the Fm/Ething I Fm/Eblove Fm/D
Oh you'll Dbnever see my C7shade
Or hear the Fmsound of my Fm/Efeet Fm/Eb Fm/D
While there's a Dbmoon over C7Bourbon FmStreet