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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
 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
 

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