Half Moon Cafe

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HALF MOON CAFE (Emily Saliers)
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[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
     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---| 
  ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ .   

  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, *