Verse 1
F#
B
There's a moon over bourbon
Em
B
Em
street tonight
E
F#
C
B
I see faces as they pass beneath
E
Em
B
the pale lamplight
D
C#
C
B
I've no choice but to follow
E
Em
F#
G
B
that call
C#
F#
The bright lights the people
C
B
and the moon and all
F#
B
Em
F#
G
I pray everyday to be strong
Em
F#
B
For I know what I do must
Em
B
D
be wrong
C#dim
C
G
Bm
B
Oh you'll never see my shade or
Em
B
D
hear the sound of my feet
C#dim
C
B
Bsus4
B
Em
G
While there's a moon over bourbon street
Am
B
Interlude 1
Em
G
A
Am
Em
G
Am
B
Em
G
Am
Verse 2
F#dim
B
Bdim
It was many years ago
Em
that I became what I am
C#dim
F#
F#dim
Bm
I was trapped in this life
Bdim
Em
like an innocent lamb
C
Now I can never show my
Em
B
Em
face at noon
C#dim
F#
And you'll only see me walking
C
B
by the light of the moon
F#dim
Bdim
The brim of my hat
Em
hides the eye of a beast
F#dim
B
Bdim
I've the face of a sinner
Em
but the hands of a priest
C
Em
Oh you'll never see my shade or
B
Em
Baug
Em
hear the sound of my feet
C#dim
C
B
While there's a moon over bourbon street
Interlude 2
Em
G
Am
B
Em
Am
Em
G
Em
Am
Em
Am
B
C
D
Em
F#
B
Bm
Em
Am
G
F#
B
Bsus4
Am
Bsus4
B
Verse 3
B
F#dim
B
Bdim
She walks everyday
Em
through the streets of New Orleans
F#dim
B
She's innocent and young
Bdim
Em
from a family of means
C
Em
I have stood many times out
B
Em
side her window at night
C#dim
F#
To struggle with my instinct
C
B
in the pale moonlight
F#dim
B
Bdim
How could I be this way
Em
when I pray to god above
C#dim
F#dim
B
Bdim
I must love what I destroy
Em
and destroy the thing I love
C
Em
Oh you'll never see my shade
or hear the sound of my feet
C
B
While there's a moon over bourbon street
B
Moon Over Bourbon Street
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