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From: Rob Del Mundo
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Without further ado, here's that frequently requested tune, performed by
my all-time favourite band!!!
Walking On The Moon
THE POLICE
Regatta de Blanc
A&M, 1979
[Play and hold a Dm7 for each line of the bass...dum-da-dum, da-dum-DA-dum,
you *know* what I mean :-) ]
[Repeat this sequence four times for each verse:]
Dm7 Bb/C C
(Giant steps are what you take walking on the moon.....)
-----3-----3-----3-----3-----10-----10-----12-----12-----------------
-----3-----3-----3-----3-----11-----11-----13-----13-----------------
-----5-----5-----5-----5-----10-----10-----12-----12-----------------
-----3-----3-----3-----3------8------8-----10-----10-----------------
-----5-----5-----5-----5---------------------------------------------
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[Bridge:]
Bb F C Gm
Some may say I'm wishing my days away
-----6-----6-----5-----5------8------8--------6-----6----------------
-----6-----6-----6-----6------8------8--------8-----8----------------
-----7-----7-----5-----5------9------9--------7-----7----------------
-----8-----8-----7-----7-----10-----10--------5-----5----------------
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Bb F C Gm
no way and if it's the price I pay
-----6-----6-----5-----5------8------8-----6-----6-------------------
-----6-----6-----6-----6------8------8-----8-----8-------------------
-----7-----7-----5-----5------9------9-----7-----7-------------------
-----8-----8-----7-----7-----10-----10-----5-----5-------------------
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Bb F C Gm
some say tomorrow's another day
-----6-----6-----5-----5------8------8-----6-----6-------------------
-----6-----6-----6-----6------8------8-----8-----8-------------------
-----7-----7-----5-----5------9------9-----7-----7-------------------
-----8-----8-----7-----7-----10-----10-----5-----5-------------------
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Bb F C
you stay I may as well play
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-----6-----6-----6-----6------8--------------------------------------
-----7-----7-----5-----5------9--------------------------------------
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After the bridge, then play and hold a Dm7 for two more lines
of the 'dum-da-dum' bass sequence, just as in the intro.
Then play the same Dm7,Bb/C and C sequence to repeat and fade.
..and that's all there is to it!
LYRICS:
(First verse:)
Giant steps are what you take walking on the moon
I hope my legs don't break walking on the moon
We could walk forever walking on the moon
We could be together walking on, walking on the moon
(Second verse:)
Walking back from your house walking on the moon
Walking back from your house walking on the moon
Feet they hardly touch the ground walking on the moon
My feet don't hardly make no sound walking on, walking on the moon
(Bridge:)
Some may say I'm wishing my days away
No way and if it's the price I pay
Some say tomorrow's another day
You stay I may as well play
(Repeat first verse)
(Repeat bridge)
(Ad-lib:)
Keep it up
[repeat and fade]
--
Rob Del Mundo "When my fist clenches crack it open
University of Waterloo Before I use it and lose my cool"
rdelmund@descartes.waterloo.edu The Who: Behind Blue Eyes
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Drake Average |
#1 by Drake Bergman at Sep 14, 1979 at 7:07 PM EST |
| Yeah, I thought it was being over the moon in love but afraid come fall from that high "hope my leg don't break..." What the hell is with all those "keep it up"s ? | |
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DemolitionLover Wanna Be |
#2 by DemolitionLover ^^v^^ at Sep 22, 1982 at 4:09 AM EST |
| Certainly, the album's two major classics, 'Message In A Bottle' and 'Walking On The Moon,' overshadow almost everything else in terms of songwriting quality and epic stance. They're overplayed for sure, or maybe they're not overplayed (they should be anyway), but who gives a damn when both of them are solidly in the Top 10 New Wave songs ever written? Copeland's drumming on 'Walking On The Moon' alone is able to guarantee the song absolute immortality, but when it's coupled with Summers' magic chord (the echoey 'BA-ba-m-m-m-mmmm...' that is repeated throughout the song, yet I can never get enough of it) and Sting's high vocals, it reaches complete perfection. And 'sending out an S.O.S.'? Hmm? [George Starostin] | |
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metal-cat Average |
#3 by metal-cat stepheria at May 22, 1983 at 8:44 AM EST |
| Being in love is so magical, we never want it to stop. It's like walking on the moon, or even better. Still, we know it's dangerous, because when it ends we can end up with a broken leg (heart). That's my take on this song. I agree with the other comments, specially with apcmdn13. | |
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IM A MAN WHO C Rhythm Player |
#4 by IM A MAN WHO CHANGED INTO A BEAST at Sep 19, 1995 at 12:37 PM EST |
| That's alot of "Keep it up"s I think it's a happy carefree song, like GuitarBoy said | |
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Zane Rhythm Player |
#5 by Zane Haight at Jun 6, 1997 at 4:13 AM EST |
| I'm wasting my life waiting for her. | |
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KELSO Wanna Be |
#6 by KELSO Is a COOL kid at Apr 8, 2004 at 10:12 AM EST |
| I think that "walking on the moon" is being high. When it says "some may say, im wishing my days away" it's talking about how people think that he is wasting his life away with drugs " no way". When it says "walking back from your house, walking on the moon" it reminds me of when i take walks when im high and makes me picture like a rainy night at like 11:00 walking on a road with trees on both sides, fairly windy but warm, and not too many houses around. It makes me think of when i sometimes go walking in this like subdivision near where i live. The image and feeling it congers up are so cool and i love listening to this song, especially when im high. It really trips me out after i smoke some weed if i listen to it in my house when nobody else is home. It is truly an awesome song and it reminds me of wonderful times ive had walking on the road at night when its raining. thats what i think at least | |
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