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!