Waiting for the Moon - Chords (some TAB)
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WAITING FOR THE MOON - Bruce Cockburn 1983 "Trouble With Normal"
Transcription by Andrew Rate (andrew.rate@uwa.edu.au)
based loosely on a transcription by Stephen Coderre (coderre@unixg.ubc.ca)
(see original transcription below)
Tuning - Drop-D (tune bottom E down 1 tone to D)
Capo 2 (can be played without capo if you growl the lyrics)
h = hammer on
p = pull off
s = slide
INTRO
D D (...run...)
E||-2--2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|---2-2-2----------------|
B||-3--3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3--|---3-3-3----------------|
G||-3--2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|---2-2-2----4--2--0--0--|
D||-4--4-4-4-4---4-4---4-4--|---4-4-4----5--4--2--0--|
A||-0--0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|---0-0-0----------------|
D||-0-----------------------|-0----------------------|
Em Em
E|----0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|----0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--||
B|----0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|----0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--||
G|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|----0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|| repeat
D|-2--2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|----2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--||
A|----2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|----2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--||
D|(2)----------------------|-2-----------------------||
D D (...run...)
E||-2--2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|---2-2-2----------------|
B||-3--3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3--|---3-3-3----------------|
G||-3--2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|---2-2-2----4--2--0--0--|
D||-4--4-4-4-4---4-4---4-4--|---4-4-4----5--4--2--0--|
A||-0--0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|---0-0-0----------------|
D||-0-----------------------|-0----------------------|
Body lines fluid in static heat
Em Em
E|----0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|----0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--||
B|----0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|----0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--||
G|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|----0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--||
D|-2--2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|----2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--||
A|----2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|----2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--||
D|(2)----------------------|-2-----------------------||
D D (...run...)
E|-2--2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|---2-2-2----------------|
B|-3--3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3--|---3-3-3----------------|
G|-3--2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|---2-2-2----4--2--0--0--|
D|-4--4-4-4-4---4-4---4-4--|---4-4-4----5--4--2--0--|
A|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|---0-0-0----------------|
D|-0-----------------------|-0----------------------|
Thoughts buzzing like flies around
meat...
Em Em
E|----0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|----0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|
B|----0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|----0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|
G|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|----0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0--|
D|-2--2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|----2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|
A|----2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|----2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|
D|(2)----------------------|-2-----------------------|
D G A D G (..strum 2 bars..)
E||-2-----3-----------2-----|-7-------------|-7-------------|
B||-3-----3-----2-----3-----|-X-------------|-X-------------|
G||-2-----0-----2-----2-----|-7-------------|-7-------------|
D||-4-----0-----2-----4-----|-5-------------|-5-------------|
A||-------5-----0-----------|-5-------------|-5-------------|
D||-------5-----------------|-5-------------|-5-------------|
Land here Land there Quick circles in the air / We're
F#m F#m Fm F#m
E|-5--5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5--|-5--5-5-5-5---5-5-s-4s5--|
B|-5--5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5--|-5--5-5-5-5---5-5-s-4s5--|
G|-6--6-6-6-6---6-6---6-6--|-6--6-6-6-6---6-6-s-5s6--|
D|-4--4-4-4-4---4-4---4-4--|-4--4-4-4-4---4-4-s-3s4--|
A|-4--4-4-4-4---4-4---4-4--|-4--4-4-4-4---4-4-s-3s4--|
D|-4--4-4-4-4---4-4---4-4--|-4--4-4-4-4---4-4-s-3s4--|
riding smooth, but just a li-tt-le
(thumb
Em (run) Em7 on LH) (let ring)
E|-3--3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3--|----------------------------3-----3---------|
B|-3--3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3--|----------------------------3-----3---------|
G|-4--4-4-4-4---4-4---4-4--|----------------------------0-----0---------|
D|-2--2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|-2---4-----2--0-----------------------------|
A|-2--2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|-2---4-----2--0---2-------2-----2-----------|
D|-2--2-2-2-2---2-2---2-2--|------------------2-------2-----2-----------|
slow... Wai-ting for the moon...
(run) Em7 D
|-------------------------3-|-2---------------------|
|-------------------------3-|-3---------------------|
|-------------------------0-|-2-(intro tab pattern--|
|-2---4-----2--0------------|-4-continues)----------|
|-2---4-----2--0---2------2-|-0---------------------|
|------------------2------2-|-0---------------------|
Wai-ting for the moon to show
Leather faced old man by the cafe wall
Kids in the surf splashing with a soccer ball
Gaze through curved lens
Trying to identify the sky's end
Little spots on the horizon
Into gunboats grow [to chorus]
Might be a party -- might be a war
When those faceless sailors come ashore
Speculation is a waste of time
You want to go have a glass of wine?
Whatever's coming
There's no place else to go [to chorus]
FIRST SOLO (figure out your own timing, sorry)
hp
E|-7-575----------7-10-------10p7h10-----------------|
B|-------7---7-10--------------------7-10-7-10-10-10-|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
E|-7----10-12-14-12-10-12----------------------------|
B|---10-------------------8-12-----------------------|
G|-----------------------------9-12---9--------------|
D|----------------------------------9---7s9-7-7-9-7--|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
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This transcription is not in retail transcription books.
Transcribed by Stephen Cody, Vancouver, August 1994.
DEFs:
E: 033200 A: 577600
B: 799800 F#m: 244200
G#m: 466400 C#m: 046630
CHART:
intro:
run1 F#m run2 F#m run2 E
| //// | //// | //// | //// | //// | //// |
verse:
E E run1 F#m F#m F#m
| //// | //// | //// | //// | //// | //// | //// | ////||
leather.....wall kids.......ball
E C#m B E A A G#m G#m
| // // | // // | //// | //// | //// | //// ||
land here land there, Quick.... spots... grow...
chorus:
F#m run2 F#m run2 F#m E
| //// | //// | //// | //// | // // ||
ohhh... waiting.....
run1:
E
/ / / /
|-------------------------|
|----2-0------------------|
|----1-1---2-1----2---2---|
|----2-2---2-2----2---4---|
|----2-2---2-2----2---4---|
|---------------------2---|
|_| |_| | ring
pinch-----
run2: (chorus)
F#m G#m F#m E F#m - ring
/ / / /
|---------------------0--------|
|---------------------0--------|
|------2--4----2--1---2--------|
|------4--6----4--2---4--------|
|------x--x----x--x---4--------|
|---------------------2--------|
|__| |__|
wait-ing for the moon
F#m G#m F#m E F#m - ring
/ / / /
|---------------------0------0--|--0----
|---------------------0------0--|--0----
|------2--4----2--1---2------2--|--1----
|------4--6----4--2---4------4--|--2----
|------x--x----x--x---4------4--|--2----
|---------------------2------2--|--0----
|__| |__|
wait-ing for the moon to show
LYRICS: this song is about an impending American gun boat invasion
as tourists watch from the shoreline of a Central American beach.
Body lies fluid in the static heat
Thoughts buzzing like flies around the meat
Land here Land there Quick circles in the air
I'm riding smooth
But just a little slow
chorus:
Waiting for the moon
Waiting for the moon to show
Leather faced old man by the cafe wall
Kids in the surf, splashing with a soccer ball
Gaze thru Curved lense
Trying to identify the sky's end
Little spots on the horizon
Into gunboats grow [to chorus]
Might be a party, might be a war
6 lines more (you've seen 95%)
When those faceless soldiers come ashore
Speculation ends in wasted time
May as well go, and have a glass of wine
Cause whatever's comin'
There's no place else to go [to chorus]
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