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SISTER MOON ? Sting
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Tabbed by: Tommoid
Email: [email protected]
This was created with sincere thanks to Claudio. I couldn't have worked this out!
In some parts of the world they use do re me fa so.... rather than C D E F ... so
I don't think anybody
understood what he had contributed.
Have a look for Sister Moon Sting on YouTube to hear this in it's full glory.
To play this at the correct pitch you need a capo on the 2nd fret, but I can't
sing as high as Sting,
so this is more comfortable for me, particularly when he goes up an octave at the ends before that
gorgeous sax fades in.
I've tried to capture some of the sax solos for the guitar, but you need to listen to the original
to get the timing right.
The backing is really subtle, so you have to be very soft and smooth on the guitar.
Em6 to F#m7 is just a matter of turning the finger on the 2nd fret into a barre on the
fret. Very easy!
I haven't tried to transcribe the sax at the end. Too hard.
Instead I've added that mysterious spread chord followed by the plucked harmonic
on the B and E strings
with the little finger just touching them gently above the fifth fret. (Pluck them quite
back towards
the bridge)
May take practice to get a nice high ring.
Enjoy as much as I have!
Tuning: EADGBe (Standard)
Em+9: 024000
Em6: 042000
A7: 002020
Soprano sax intro
e|----0-2-|-3----2-0----|-----------------|---0-2-3------|-7-5--3-2-0----|-------------|---------|
B|-0------|----------0--|-----------------|-0---------5--|------------4--|--0-2/4\2----|---------|
G|--------|-------------|--2--------------|--------------|---------------|----------2--|--0------|
D|--------|-------------|-------2/5\2-----|--------------|---------------|-------------|----2-4--|
A|--------|-------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|---------|
E|--------|-------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|---------|
[Em+9] [A7] [Em+9] [A7]
[Em+9] Sister [A7]moon -[Em+9] will be my [A7]guide
[Em+9] In your blue blue sha[A7]dows -[Em+9] I would [A7]hide
(Sax fill) e|---------------------|
B|-2--4--2-------------|
G|----------2----------|H4~~~~~~ (Hammer on or slide)
D|-2-------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
[Em+9] All good peo[A7]ple -[Em+9] asleep ton[A7]ight
[Em+9] I?m all by my[A7]self -[Em+9] in your silver [A7]light
(B7 x212[B7]02 C7+ x32303 [C7+] Em6 042000[Em6])[A7]
I would gaze - at your face - the whole night through
[Em6] (F[F#m7]#m7 2[C7]42222 C7 [B7]0323[Em+9]10)
I?d go out of my mind, but for you
I?d go [Em6]out of [F#m7]my m[C7]ind, but [B7]for [Em+9]you[A7][Em+9][A7]
[Em+9] Lying [A7]in - [Em+9] a mother?s [A7]arms
[Em+9] The primal [A7]root -[Em+9] of a woman?s [A7]charms
(Sax fill) e|---------------------|
B|-2--4--2-------------|
G|----------2-H4~~~~~~-|
D|-2-------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
[Em+9]I?m a stranger to the [A7]sun - [Em+9]My eyes are too [A7]weak
[Em+9] How cold is a [A7]heart - [Em+9]When it?s warmth that he [A7]seeks?
You w[B7]atch - every [C7+]night, - you don?t [Em6]care what I [A7]do
I?d go [Em6]out of [F#m7]my m[C7]ind, but [B7]for [Em+9]you[A7]
I?d go [Em6]out of [F#m7]my m[C7]ind, but [B7]for [Em+9]you[A7]
(Sax fill)
e|-5~~~~~~|-------------|-0--7-/11--------|-9-7----------|---6-9-11-12\--|-6~~~~~------|
B|--------|-0-2-4--2--4-|-----------------|-----8~~~~~~~~|---------------|-------------|
G|--------|-------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
D|--------|-------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
A|--------|-------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
E|--------|-------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
[G#m] [C#7] [G#m] [C#7]
[(G#m] My[466444] mistress[C#7]? ey[446464)]es - are nothing like the sun
[G#m] My hunger for [C#7]her - explains [G#m]everything I?ve [C#7]done
(C#[C#m7]m7 446454 -[D#m7]> D#m7 668[E]676)[A7]
To howl at the moon - the whole night through
And they [Em6]really [F#m7]don?t [C7]care if[B7] I [C#m7]do[F#7]
I?d go [Em6]out of [F#m7]my m[C7]ind, but [B7]for [Em+9]you[A7]
I?d go [Em6]out of [F#m7]my m[C7]ind, but [B7]for [Em+9]you[A7]
[Em+9] Sister moon
(Harm)
e|-----------0---5-------|
B|---------4-----5-------|
G|-------0---------------|
D|-----4-----------------|
A|---2-------------------|
E|-0---------------------|
Ciao Tommoid
