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Moon Over Bourbon Street

by Sting · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica

3 bent notes256 notesHoles 3–7Diatonic

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VERSE 1

There's a moon ov-er Bour-bon Street to-night,

I see fa-ces as they pass be-neath the pale lamp-light.

I've no choice but to fol-low that call;

the bright lights, the peo-ple, and the moon and all.

I pray eve-ry-day to be strong,

For I know what I do must be wrong.

REFRAIN

Oh, you'll nev-er see my shade

or hear the sound of my feet

while there's a moon ov-er Bour-bon Street.

VERSE 2

It was ma-ny years a-go that I be-came what I am.

I was trapped in this life like an in-no-cent lamb.

Now I can nev-er show my face at noon,

And you'll on-ly see me walk-ing

by the light of the moon.

The brim of my hat hides the eye of a beast.

I've the face of a sin-ner but the hands of a priest.

VERSE 3

She walks eve-ry-day through the streets of New Or-leans.

She's in-no-cent and young from a fam-'ly of means.

I have stood man-y times out-side her win-dow at night,

To strug-gle with my in-stinct in the pale moon-light.

How could I be this way when I pray to God a-bove?

I must love what I de-stroy and de-stroy the thing I love

Oh you'll nev-er see my shade

or hear the sound of my feet

while there's a moon ov-er Bour-bon Street.