"The Killing Moon" by Echo & the Bunnymen
Guitar Tab


This song is soo moody...I love those moody brit bands, in case you couldn't tell...even though this song's from the early 80's, I didn't know it until not even a year ago, & instantly fell in love with it & just HAD to put it on here, so if you know it, enjoy!!

2 guitar parts

1st part: strum chords--B / D / G / G:|| (/=indicates measure)

2nd part: play this riff twice (/=slide up)
E------------5-7-8---------||
B----3-5/6------------7-7-||
G-4------------------------||
D---------------------------||

verse: "under a blue moon I saw you..."
guitar 1 strum chords--Em / Em / C / C /
listen to pattern... (1 & 2 & 3 & might help) chorus: "Fate...up against..." guitar 1 strum chords: G / G / Cm / Cm/

G & C minor fingerings...

E--3---3--|
B--3---4--|
G--4---5--|
D--5---5--|
A--5--(3)-|
E-(3)------|

repeat as necessary

back to verse; repeat chorus

bridge: guitar 2 solo ... let notes ring

E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---0-----0----0----0-----------------------------0---0----0----|
G-4----7----9----11----12--14--12--11--9--9----9---9----9-|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---0-----0----0----0---------------------------------0-----0----0-----|
G-4----7----9----11----12--14--12--11--12--12----12---12----12-|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---0-----0----0----0--------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0|
G-4----7----9----11----12--14--12--11--14--14----14---14---14-|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---0-----0----0----0-------------------------0---0--------------|
G-4----7----9----11----12--14--12--11--7---7---7-7-7-7------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------9-7-|

guitar 1: strum verse chords guitar 2: continue with solo below & repeat as necessary

E----------------|
B-----7----------|
G--------9-7----|
D-7-----------7-|
A----------------|

back to chorus & guitar 1 strum pattern to end
end guitar solo

E-------------------|------------------------------|--------------|----10----|
B-------------------|------------------------------|----8-7-8-7-|--------8-|
G-4---4-5/7--7-5-|-{5-5-5}-{5-4-5}-4-2-4-|-7------------|-7---------|
D-------------------|------------------------------|--------------|-----------|

This is all I have right now...I'll finish the rest later, time permitting. Back to Raq's Shaq 1