Moon Over Bourbon Street} {st:Sting} There's a [F#m7-5]moon over [B7]Bourbon Street [Em]tonight I see [F#m7-5]faces as they [B7]pass beneath the [Em]pale lamp light I've no [C]choice but to [B7]follow that [Em]call the [C#dim]bright lights, the [F#7]people, and the [C]moon and [B7]all [F#m7-5]I pray every [B7]day to be [Em]strong for I [F#m7-5]know what I [B7]do must be [Em]wrong {start_of_chorus} Oh you'll [C]never see my [B/F#]shade or hear the [Em]sound of my feet while there's a [C]moon over [B7]Bourbon [Em]Street {end_of_chorus} It was [F#m7-5]many years [B7]ago that I became [Em]what I am I was [F#m7-5]trapped in this [B7]life like an [Em]innocent lamb now I [C]never show my [B7]face at [Em]noon and [C#dim]you'll only see me [F#7]walking by the [C]light of the [B7]moon the [F#m7-5]brim of my [B7]hat hides the [Em]eye of a beast I've the [F#m7-5]face of a [B7]sinner but the [Em]hands of a priest {c: chorus} # # CHORDS # # F#m7-5 B7 C#dim F#7 # # eadgbe eadgbe eadgbe eadgbe # ------(1) ----0- ------(1) ------(1) # 1-----(2) --1---(1) ---1-1(2) 111111(2) # ------(3) -2-3-4(2) --2-3-(3) ---2--(3) # --2---(4) ------(3) -4----(4) -3----(4) # ---333(5) # # # In the above chords, if you are having difficulty, in the F#m7-5 drop the # F# bass note and use the open A string. The C#dim you can also drop C# bass # note. The Em and C are just regular "open" position chords. # The song appears on the Sting album "dream of the blue turtles". If you # get the song try working out the bass line and play it along with the chords. # # Have Fun !