Moon Over Bourbon Street

artist : sting song : moon over bourbon street additions : this is a tab of a rare recording as seen in jools holland’s bbc documentary ’’walking to new orleans’’ . this version can also be found in a video on youtube . at the end jools holland shoots sting , why this is i don’t know , if you do please comment . Intro : fig . 1 * ( 2x ) Verse 1 : Gm6 A7 Dm / dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6 there’s a moon over bourbon street tonight Gm6 A7 Dm / dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6 i see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplight A# A7 Dm / dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6 i’ve no choice but to follow that call Bm7/B5 E7 A#7 A7 the bright lights , the people , and the moon and all Gm6 A7 Dm / dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6 i pray every day to be strong A# A7 Dm / dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6 for i know what i do must be wrong A# A7 Dm / dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6 oh you’ll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet A# A7 Dm / dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6 while there’s a moon over bourbon street Dm F Gm6 A7 Verse 2 : Em7/B5 A7 Dm / dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6 it was many years ago that i became what i Am Em7/B5 A7 Dm / dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6 i was trapped in this life like an innocent lam Gm6 A7 Dm / dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6 now i can never show my face at noon A# A7 Dm / dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6 and you’ll only see me walking by the light of the moon Gm6 A7 Dm / dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6 the brim of my hat hides the eye of a beast Em7/B5 A7 Dm / dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6 i’ve the face of a sinner but the hands of a priest A# A7 Dm / dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6 oh you’ll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet A# A7 Dm / dm^7 / Dm7 / Dm6 while there’s a moon over bourbon street fig . 1 * ( 1x ) chords : E A D G B E E A D G B E A7 0 0 2 0 2 0 Dm7 0 0 0 2 1 1 A# 1 1 3 3 3 1 Dm6 0 0 0 2 0 1 A#7 1 1 3 1 3 1 E7 0 2 0 1 0 0 Bm7/B5 x 2 3 2 3 x Em7/B5 x 7 8 7 8 x or x x 1 3 3 3 Dm 0 0 0 2 3 1 F 1 3 3 2 1 1 dm^7 0 0 0 2 2 1 Gm6 3 0 2 3 3 x or played as Gm 3 5 5 3 3 3 * figure 1 : E - - - - - - - - 5 - 8 - 5s6 - - B - - - - - - 6 - - - - - - - - - - G - - - - 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - D - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - note : that the fourth line in Verse 2 is played differend in de video by sting , but since he started with A Bm7/B5 and ended with the Dm i believe it’s just a misteak he made and was supposed to be played like i discribed . another differce with the record version is the fact that this acoustic version only contains 2 verses . and the fact that it is played in A completly differend key . this also seams to be a regular jazz pattern . and last but not least i like to thank l . venderbosch for helping me out with some parts of the song . cheers and enjoy!