Key of C minor
Note: The bass plays C throughout. The chords in this
tab are written out without the C added to the bottom
of each one. IMHO the song works well on guitar either
with or without the C notes played on the bass.
Alternative version: capo 3rd fret, transpose
this chart -3 and play chords in the key of A minor.
(The bass note throughout for the capo version is A.)
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Cm Bb
Ask the sun painted red too soon
Eb Bb Eb Cm
I love you now, I love you and
Cm Bb
Ask the dust in this telephone room
Eb Bb Eb Cm
If I love you, if I love you now
[Chorus 1]
Ab Eb
Everyone sleeps in the light, oh
Bb Cm
In the light of a bitter moon
Ab Eb
Everybody's looking out baby
Bb
From another room
Bb Cm
Crying out don’t pass me by
[Verse 2]
Cm Bb
Ask the lights on Highway One
Eb Bb Eb Cm
They follow you, they follow you now
Cm Bb
Ask my shadow trapped on these walls
Eb Bb
They haunt me too
Cm
Now they’re gonna haunt me too
[Chorus 2]
Ab Eb
Everyone sleeps in the light, oh
Bb Cm
In the light of a bitter moon
Ab Eb
Everybody's looking out baby
Bb
From another room
Bb Cm
Crying out don’t pass us by
[Instrumental]
Cm
[Bridge]
Cm
I’m the tunnel man from your tunnel game
Bb Eb
I wait to play with you
Bb Eb Cm
When will you send me on through
[Chorus 3]
Ab Eb
Everyone sleeps in the light, oh
Bb Cm
In the light of a bitter moon
Ab Eb
Everybody's looking out baby
Bb
From another room
[Chorus 4]
Ab Eb
Everyone sleeps in the light, oh
Bb Cm
In the light of a bitter moon
Ab Eb
Everybody's looking out baby
Bb
From another room
Bb
Crying out don’t pass me by
[Chorus 5]
Ab Eb
Everyone sleeps in the light, oh
Bb Cm
In the light of a bitter moon
Ab Eb
Everybody's looking out baby
Bb
From another room
Bb
Crying out don’t pass me by
[Outro Chorus]
Ab Eb
Everyone sleeps in the light, oh
Bb Cm
In the light of a bitter moon