Guitar Tab:Nightgown Of The Sullen Moon
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| Nightgown Of The Sullen Moon |
| By: They Might Be Giants |
| Key: E Major |
| Year: 1989 |
| Tabbed By: No Mo |
(In this song, each chord is one beat; chords with a dash between them are
half a beat each)
This is a very loose transcription of the hits...listen to the record to
figure out the exact rhythm of the chords; it's pretty darn funky
(Verse rhythm is the Bo Diddley beat, "drug trip" hits accent based on the lyrics)
Intro: E E E-B A-B (4x)
E E B B
Fell in the door and you fell on the floor with your
A A E E
hand on the knob looking up and abruptly for-
E E B B
get what you're thinking, fire alarms go
A A A A
off in your head, you live in the
E E B B
Night - gown of the sullen
A A A A
moon - - how the
E E B B
win - dows lean in - to the
A A A B
room - - in the
E E B B
Night - gown of the sullen
A A A A
moon - - -
B B E A
Drug trip, it's not a drug trip so you
A B E E
feel a bit insul - ted
B B E A
Space walk, it's like a space walk with the
A A B B
cor - re - sponding weight loss and you're
nothing but air, with your hand in the air and your
shoelaces tied up together with care. There's a
feeling of boredom, of the big whoredom
following dressing up in the
nightgown of the sullen
moon, how the
windows lean into the
room, in the
nightgown of the sullen
moon
instrumental: B E B E (3x)
A B
E E E - B A - B
Your head is on the
E E E - B A - B
moon - - -
B B B - A E/G#- A
It's not neces - sary to
B B B - A E/G#- A
breathe - - -
A A A - E/G# E/G#- E
for - ever is a
A A A - E/G# E/G#- E
long time
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