Van Morrison - Moondance
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MOONDANCE
As recorded by Van Morrison
(From the 1970 Album MOONDANCE)
Words and Music by Van Morrison
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jeff Labes - Piano'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'John Platania - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Collin Tilton - Flute'
Intro
Q=136(8=s8)
Am Bm/D Am D/A Am Bm/D Am D/A
4/4
Gtr I (Piano arr. for Gtr.)
q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----|-----------------||
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)------||
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)------||
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
1st - 2nd Verses
Amq E Bm/DE +Q Q Amq E D/AE +Q Q Amq E Bm/DE +Q Q Amq E D/AE +Q Q
||-------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----|-----------------|
||o-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)------|
||--5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)------|
||--7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)------|
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
Amq E Bm/DE +Q Q Amq E D/AE +Q Q Amq E Bm/DE +Q Q Amq E D/AE +Q Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
AmGtr IBmadd11/F#I (El. Gtr.)Am D/A Am Bmadd11/F# Am D/A
q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q
|------0-(0)-----|----------------|------0-(0)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr I
| q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Amq E Bmadd11/F#E +Q Q Amq E D/AE +Q Q Amq E Bmadd11/F#E +Q Q Amq E D/AE +Q Q
|------0-(0)-----|----------------|------0-(0)-----|----------------||
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----||
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----||
|-7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)-----||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|
| q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----|----------------||
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----||
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----||
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
Bridge
$
Dm/AGtrs I, II Am Dm/A Am
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-5--5-----5---5----|-5-----5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--|--5----5------5----5--|
|-6--6-----6---6----|-5-----5--5--5--|--6--6--6--6--|--5----5------5----5--|
|-7--7-----7---7----|-5-----5--5--5--|--7--7--7--7--|--5----5------5----5--|
|-7--7-----7---7----|-7-----7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--|--7----7------7----7--|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr III (Flute arr. for Gtr.)
| Q E E Q. e E Q. H H H E E E E +Q Q
|------10s13-----12-|----------------|--------8-----|-10-10-8-10-(10)\-----|
|-------------------|---10\----------|-10-----------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------------|
Dm/A Am Dm/A Am
|--3--| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|-5--5-----5---5----|-5-----5--5--5--|----5--5--5-----|---5-5-5------5-||
|-6--6-----6---6----|-5-----5--5--5--|----6--6--6-----|---5-5-5------5-||
|-7--7-----7---7----|-5-----5--5--5--|----7--7--7-----|---5-5-5------5-||
|-7--7-----7---7----|-7-----7--7--7--|----7--7--7-----|---7-7-7------7-||
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|
| |--3--| |-3-|
| Q E E Q. e E Q. H Q Q Q q Q Q Q Q e E E E
|------10s13-----12-|----------------|---10-10-10-----|---8-8-8--------||
|-------------------|---10\----------|----------------|-----------8-10-||
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|---------9------||
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
Chorus
+Q. Dm/A E +Q. Am E +Q. Dm/A E +Q. Am E
|--(5)-------5-(5)------5-|--(5)-------5-(5)------5-|
|--(5)-------6-(6)------5-|--(5)-------6-(6)------5-|
|--(5)-------7-(7)------5-|--(5)-------7-(7)------5-|
|--(7)-------7-(7)------7-|--(7)-------7-(7)------7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------8-10------------|---------8-10------------|
|-(10)-10------------8-10-|-(10)-10------------8-10-|
|------------------9------|------------------9------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
+Q. Dm/A E +Q. Am E +Q. Dm/A E +Q. Am E
|--(5)-------5-(5)------5-|-(5)--------5--(5)-------5-|
|--(5)-------6-(6)------5-|-(5)--------6--(6)-------5-|
|--(5)-------7-(7)------5-|-(5)--------7--(7)-------5-|
|--(7)-------7-(7)------7-|-(7)--------7--(7)-------7-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------8-10------------|---------------------------|
|-(10)-10------------8-10-|-----12-10-12-(12)\---8-10-|
|------------------9------|--------------------9------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
+Q. Dm/A E +Q. Am E +Q. Dm/A E +Q. Am E
|--(5)-------5-(5)------5-|--(5)-------5-(5)------5-|
|--(5)-------6-(6)------5-|--(5)-------6-(6)------5-|
|--(5)-------7-(7)------5-|--(5)-------7-(7)------5-|
|--(7)-------7-(7)------7-|--(7)-------7-(7)------7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------8-10------------|---------8-10------------|
|-(10)-10------------8-10-|-(10)-10------------8-10-|
|------------------9------|------------------9------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
To Coda
+Q. Dm/A E +Q. Am E +Q E7 Q +Q Q
|--(5)-------5-(5)------5-|-(5)---0--(0)------||
|--(5)-------6-(6)------5-|-(5)---3--(3)-----o||
|--(5)-------7-(7)------5-|-(5)---1--(1)------||
|--(7)-------7-(7)------7-|-(7)---2--(2)------||
|-------------------------|------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------||
|
| +E E E E E E E E Q H Q
|---------8-10------------|-------------------||
|-(10)-10------------8-10-|------12----------o||
|------------------9------|-------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------||
Piano Solo Sax Solo
AmGtr IBmadd11/F#I Am D/A Dm/AGtrs I, II Am
q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q 8x Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x
||-------0-(0)-----|-----------------||-||--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5---||
||o-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----o||-||o-6--6--6--6--|-5--5--5--5--o||
||--5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)------||-||--7--7--7--7--|-5--5--5--5---||
||--7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)------||-||--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7---||
||o----------------|----------------o||-||o-------------|-------------o||
||-----------------|-----------------||-||--------------|--------------||
Dm/A E7 Am Dm/A Am E7
|-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q q Q Q Q Q q E E +Q. E +Q. E 7x +E E H q
|---5-5-5-----|------------5-||--(5)---5-(5)---5--||-(5)-----------||
|---6-6-6-----|---5-5-5----5-||o-(5)---6-(6)---5-o||-(5)---5----5--||
|---7-7-7-----|---7-7-7----5-||--(5)---7-(7)---5--||-(5)---7----7--||
|---7-7-7-----|---6-6-6----7-||--(7)---7-(7)---7--||-(7)---6----6--||
|-------------|---7-7-7------||o-----------------o||-------7----7--||
|-------------|--------------||-------------------||---------------||
3rd Verse
AmGtr IBm/D Am D/A Am Bm/D Am D/A
q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Amq E Bm/DE +Q Q Amq E D/AE +Q Q Amq E Bm/DE +Q Q Amq E D/AE +Q Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
AmGtr IBmadd11/F#I Am D/A Am Bmadd11/F# Am D/A
q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q
|------0-(0)-----|----------------|------0-(0)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr I
| q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Amq E Bmadd11/F#E +Q Q Amq E D/AE +Q Q
|------0-(0)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|
| q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
D.S. al Coda
Amq E Bmadd11/F#E +Q Q Amq E D/AE +Q Q Amq E Bmadd11/F#E +Q Q
|------0-(0)-----|----------------|------0-(0)-----||
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----||
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----||
|-7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----4-(4)-----||
|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|
| q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----||
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----||
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----||
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----||
|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------||
Outro
&
AmGtrs IBmadd11/F#, II Am D/A
q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q
||---------0--(0)-----|-------------------|
||o--5-----3--(3)-----|--5-----7--(7)-----|
||---5-----4--(4)-----|--5-----7--(7)-----|
||---7-----4--(4)-----|--7-----7--(7)-----|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-10----12-(12)-----|-13----12-(12)-----|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
Am q E Bmadd11/F# E +Q Q Am q E D/A E +Q Q 4x
|--------0--(0)-----|---------------------||
|--5-----3--(3)-----|--5-----7--(7)------o||
|--5-----4--(4)-----|--5-----7--(7)-------||
|--7-----4--(4)-----|--7-----7--(7)-------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|
| q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q 4x
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-10----12-(12)-----|-13----12-(12)------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
H.=H
GtAmrs I, GII F Em Dm
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H
|---5-5---3-3-|---1-1---0-0-|-1----------|
|---5-5---3-3-|---1-1---0-0-|-3----------|
|---5-5---4-4-|---2-2---0-0-|-2----------|
|---7-7---5-5-|---3-3---2-2-|-0----------|
|---7-7---5-5-|---3-3---2-2-|------------|
|---5-5---3-3-|---1-1---0-0-|------------|
N.C.Gtr III AmGtrs II, III
TP TP
E S S a S S S S E E E E S S S S Q H +H +q Q
|-------------------------:------------0----:-(0)----(0)-----*|
|-------------------------:------------1----:-(1)----(1)-----*|
|-----5-7h9-7-5h7p5---5---:------------2----:-(2)----(2)-----*|
|---7---------------7-----:------------2----:-(2)----(2)-----*|
|-----------------------5-:-3h5p3---3--0----:-(0)----(0)-----*|
|-------------------------:-------5---------:----------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths