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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Moonlight</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Love And Theft</a> (2001)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <hr />
  21
  22
  23 <p>Chords:</p>
  24 <pre class="chords">
  25 Bb6    x1303x                 C#o    x45353
  26 Dm7-5  xx0111 or x5656x       Bb/d   x5333x
  27 Cm7-5  x3434x                 C9     x35333
  28 Dm/f   xx3231                 F+     x4322x
  29 Bo     x23131
  30 </pre>
  31
  32 <p>A more logical (or at least euphonious) progression at the end of the
  33 intro and other places, would be Bb Bo Cm C#o. Bb/b matches what
  34 Dylan sings... Euphony never was his middle name anyway.<br />
  35 The Dm7 at &ldquo;meet me&rdquo; sounds like a Dm7-5 in some verses, but since
  36 that clashes with the singing, I'd recommend a plain Dm7.<br />
  37 The figure at the end of the bridge is transcribed according to what
  38 is played. The chord names in the tab are more or less what results if
  39 the bass and the song are considered; in the text I've suggested a
  40 simpler version that does more or less the same (Dm/f - F+ - F7 -
  41 F+).<br />
  42 And remember: the bass notes that are played too early, which gives
  43 the swing character.</p>
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  46
  47 <pre class="tab">
  48   Bb6         Gm            Dm7-5       G7            Cm7-5       Dm/f  F
  49   :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .
  50 |-------------------------|-1---3-4-----------3-----|-------------------------|
  51 |-------3-----------3-----|-1-----------3-----3-----|-4---6-4-----3-----1-----|
  52 |-------0-----3-----3-----|-1-----------4-----4-----|-3-----------2-----2-----|
  53 |-----3-----3-5-----5---0-|-------------3-----------|-4-----------3-----3-----|
  54 |-1-----------------------|-------------5---------3-|----------------------(1)|
  55 |-------------------------|-----------3-------------|-------------------------|
  56 </pre>
  57 <pre class="tab">
  58   Bb    /b    Cm    F+
  59   :     .     .     .
  60 |-------------------------|
  61 |-3-----3-----4-----2-----|
  62 |-3-----3-----3-----2-----|
  63 |-3-----3-----5-----3-----|
  64 |-1-----2---3-------4-----|
  65 |-------------------------|
  66 </pre>
  67 <pre class="verse">
  68     Bb                Bo
  69 The seasons, they are turning
  70        Cm7          C#o
  71 And my sad heart is yearning                        :     .      :     .
  72         Bb/d                 Bb               C9   |--------------------3-----|
  73 To hear again the songbird's sweet melodious tone  |-3------------------3-----|
  74 Bb     Gm7                                         |-3------------------3-----|
  75 Won't you                                          |-5-----5-4-3--------5-----|
  76 Dm7     G7                                         |-3-----------7------------|
  77 meet  me                                           |--------------------------|
  78 Cm7-5      Dm/f  F    Bb   /b  Cm7  F                tone
  79 out in the moonlight alone
  80
  81 The dusky light the day is losing
  82 Orchids, poppies, black-eyed susan
  83 The earth and sky that melts with flesh and bone
  84 Won't you meet me
  85 Cm7-5      Dm/f F    Bb     F+
  86 out in the moonlight alone
  87
  88 The air is thick and heavy
  89 All along the levee
  90 Where the geese into the countryside have flown
  91 Won't you meet me
  92 Cm7-5      Dm/f  F    Bb
  93 out in the moonlight alone
  94 </pre>
  95
  96 <pre class="bridge">
  97           Gm
  98 Well, I'm preaching peace and harmony
  99     Cm
 100 The blessings of tranquility
 101     Gm                               C7
 102 Yet I know when the time is right to strike
 103   Bb
 104 I take you 'cross the river, dear
 105 C7
 106 You've no need to linger here
 107 Dm/f         F+                F    F+
 108 I know the kinds of things you like
 109 </pre>
 110
 111 <pre class="tab bridge">
 112   Dm/f    Eo        F9      Fm7+5
 113   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 114 |-10--10--9---9---|-8---8---9---9---|
 115 |-10--10--8---8---|-8---8---9---9---|
 116 |-10--10--9---9---|-8---8---8---8---|
 117 |(10)-------------|-----------------|
 118 |(8)--(implied throughout)----------|
 119 |-----------------|-----------------|
 120 </pre>
 121
 122 <pre class="verse">
 123 The clouds are turning crimson
 124 The leaves fall from the limbs and
 125 The branches cast their shadows over stone
 126 Won't you meet me
 127 out in the moonlight alone
 128
 129 The boulevards of cypress trees
 130 The masquerade of birds and bees
 131 The petals pink and white, the wind has blown
 132 Won't you meet me
 133 out in the moonlight alone
 134 </pre>
 135
 136 <pre class="bridge">
 137 The trailing moss in mystic glow
 138 The purple blossom soft as snow
 139 My tears keep flowing to the sea.
 140 Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief
 141 It takes a thief to catch a thief
 142 For whom does the bell toll for, love?
 143 It tolls for you and me.  *)
 144 </pre>
 145
 146 <pre class="verse">
 147 Old pulses running through my palm
 148 The sharp hills are rising from
 149 Yellow fields with twisted oaks that groan
 150 Won't you meet me
 151 out in the moonlight alone
 152
 153 [instr. verse, ending with:]
 154 </pre>
 155
 156 <pre class="tab">
 157   <em>freely</em>
 158 |-------------------------------------------------5----||
 159 |----------------------------------------4-(3)----3----||
 160 |---------------------------------5--3------------3----||
 161 |------------------------/5---3-------------------3----||
 162 |------------------3--1--------------------------------||
 163 |-2-2-2-2/4-2-0-1--------------------------------------||
 164 </pre>
 165
 166 <hr />
 167
 168 <p>*) In recent shows (August 2002) these lines have been changed to:</p>
 169 <pre class="verse">
 170 The trailing moss and mystic glow
 171 Purple blossoms soft as snow
 172 My tears keep flowing <strong>without end</strong>
 173 Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief
 174 It takes a thief to catch a thief
 175 For whom does the bell toll for, love? It tolls for you, <strong>my friend</strong>
 176 </pre>
 177
 178 <p>(reported to pool.dylantree.com by Minstrel Boy and Marcel)
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