Half Moon Cafe
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HALF MOON CAFE (Emily Saliers)
[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
