Van Morrison – Moondance (Guitar Tab)

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As recorded by Van Morrison (From the 1970 Album MOONDANCE) Words and Music by Van Morrison Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jeff Labes - Piano' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'John Platania - Electric Guitar' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Collin Tilton - Flute' Intro Q=136(8=s8) Am Bm/D Am D/A Am Bm/D Am D/A 4/4 Gtr I (Piano arr. for Gtr.) q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q q E E +Q Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----|-----------------||
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)------||
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)------||
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||

   1st - 2nd Verses
    Am   Bm/D        Am   D/A         Am   Bm/D        Am   D/A
    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q
||-------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----|-----------------|
||o-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)------|
||--5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)------|
||--7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)------|
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|

  Am   Bm/D        Am   D/A         Am   Bm/D        Am   D/A
  q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  Am   Bmadd11/F#  Am   D/A         Am   Bmadd11/F#  Am   D/A
  Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
  q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q
|------0-(0)-----|----------------|------0-(0)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr I
| q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  Am   Bmadd11/F#  Am   D/A         Am   Bmadd11/F#  Am   D/A
  q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q
|------0-(0)-----|----------------|------0-(0)-----|----------------||
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----||
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----||
|-7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)-----||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|
| q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----|----------------||
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----||
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----||
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||

 Bridge
  $
  Dm/A                Am               Dm/A           Am
  Gtrs I, II
  Q  Q     Q   Q      Q     Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q     Q    Q      Q    Q
|-5--5-----5---5----|-5-----5--5--5--|--5--5--5--5--|--5----5------5----5--|
|-6--6-----6---6----|-5-----5--5--5--|--6--6--6--6--|--5----5------5----5--|
|-7--7-----7---7----|-5-----5--5--5--|--7--7--7--7--|--5----5------5----5--|
|-7--7-----7---7----|-7-----7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--|--7----7------7----7--|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr III (Flute arr. for Gtr.)
| Q  E  E  Q.     e   E  Q.    H        H     H        E  E E  E  +Q    Q
|------10s13-----12-|----------------|--------8-----|-10-10-8-10-(10)\-----|
|-------------------|---10\----------|-10-----------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------|----------------------|
Dm/A Am Dm/A Am |--3--| |-3-|
  Q  Q     Q   Q      Q     Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  q  Q    Q Q Q Q   E  E
|-5--5-----5---5----|-5-----5--5--5--|----5--5--5-----|---5-5-5------5-||
|-6--6-----6---6----|-5-----5--5--5--|----6--6--6-----|---5-5-5------5-||
|-7--7-----7---7----|-5-----5--5--5--|----7--7--7-----|---5-5-5------5-||
|-7--7-----7---7----|-7-----7--7--7--|----7--7--7-----|---7-7-7------7-||
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
| | |--3--| |-3-|
| Q  E  E  Q.     e   E  Q.    H       Q  Q  Q  q  Q    Q Q Q e E E  E
|------10s13-----12-|----------------|---10-10-10-----|---8-8-8--------||
|-------------------|---10\----------|----------------|-----------8-10-||
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|---------9------||
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||

 Chorus
            Dm/A       Am             Dm/A       Am
   +Q.       E +Q.      E    +Q.       E +Q.      E
|--(5)-------5-(5)------5-|--(5)-------5-(5)------5-|
|--(5)-------6-(6)------5-|--(5)-------6-(6)------5-|
|--(5)-------7-(7)------5-|--(5)-------7-(7)------5-|
|--(7)-------7-(7)------7-|--(7)-------7-(7)------7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  +E   E E  E  E  E E  E    +E   E E  E  E  E E  E
|---------8-10------------|---------8-10------------|
|-(10)-10------------8-10-|-(10)-10------------8-10-|
|------------------9------|------------------9------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

            Dm/A       Am             Dm/A         Am
   +Q.       E +Q.      E   +Q.        E  +Q.       E
|--(5)-------5-(5)------5-|-(5)--------5--(5)-------5-|
|--(5)-------6-(6)------5-|-(5)--------6--(6)-------5-|
|--(5)-------7-(7)------5-|-(5)--------7--(7)-------5-|
|--(7)-------7-(7)------7-|-(7)--------7--(7)-------7-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|  +E   E E  E  E  E E  E    E   E  E  E  +E   E E  E
|---------8-10------------|---------------------------|
|-(10)-10------------8-10-|-----12-10-12-(12)\---8-10-|
|------------------9------|--------------------9------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|

            Dm/A       Am             Dm/A       Am
   +Q.       E +Q.      E    +Q.       E +Q.      E
|--(5)-------5-(5)------5-|--(5)-------5-(5)------5-|
|--(5)-------6-(6)------5-|--(5)-------6-(6)------5-|
|--(5)-------7-(7)------5-|--(5)-------7-(7)------5-|
|--(7)-------7-(7)------7-|--(7)-------7-(7)------7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  +E   E E  E  E  E E  E    +E   E E  E  E  E E  E
|---------8-10------------|---------8-10------------|
|-(10)-10------------8-10-|-(10)-10------------8-10-|
|------------------9------|------------------9------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

                                     To Coda
            Dm/A       Am        E7
   +Q.       E +Q.      E   +Q    Q  +Q   Q
|--(5)-------5-(5)------5-|-(5)---0--(0)------||
|--(5)-------6-(6)------5-|-(5)---3--(3)-----o||
|--(5)-------7-(7)------5-|-(5)---1--(1)------||
|--(7)-------7-(7)------7-|-(7)---2--(2)------||
|-------------------------|------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------||
|
|  +E   E E  E  E  E E  E    Q    H       Q
|---------8-10------------|-------------------||
|-(10)-10------------8-10-|------12----------o||
|------------------9------|-------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------||

   Piano Solo                              Sax Solo
    Am   Bmadd11/F#  Am   D/A               Dm/A          Am
    Gtr II                                  Gtrs I, II
    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q   8x     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q   3x
||-------0-(0)-----|-----------------||-||--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5---||
||o-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----o||-||o-6--6--6--6--|-5--5--5--5--o||
||--5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)------||-||--7--7--7--7--|-5--5--5--5---||
||--7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)------||-||--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7---||
||o----------------|----------------o||-||o-------------|-------------o||
||-----------------|-----------------||-||--------------|--------------||
Dm/A E7 Am Dm/A Am E7 |-3-| |-3-|
  Q Q Q q  Q    Q Q Q q  E E     +Q.   E +Q.   E  7x +E  E H    q
|---5-5-5-----|------------5-||--(5)---5-(5)---5--||-(5)-----------||
|---6-6-6-----|---5-5-5----5-||o-(5)---6-(6)---5-o||-(5)---5----5--||
|---7-7-7-----|---7-7-7----5-||--(5)---7-(7)---5--||-(5)---7----7--||
|---7-7-7-----|---6-6-6----7-||--(7)---7-(7)---7--||-(7)---6----6--||
|-------------|---7-7-7------||o-----------------o||-------7----7--||
|-------------|--------------||-------------------||---------------||

 3rd Verse
  Am   Bm/D        Am   D/A         Am   Bm/D        Am   D/A
  Gtr I
  q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  Am   Bm/D        Am   D/A         Am   Bm/D        Am   D/A
  q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  Am   Bmadd11/F#  Am   D/A         Am   Bmadd11/F#  Am   D/A
  Gtr II
  q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q
|------0-(0)-----|----------------|------0-(0)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr I
| q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  Am   Bmadd11/F#  Am   D/A
  q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q
|------0-(0)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|
| q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|

                                      D.S. al Coda
  Am   Bmadd11/F#  Am   D/A         Am   Bmadd11/F#
  q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q
|------0-(0)-----|----------------|------0-(0)-----||
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----||
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----||
|-7----4-(4)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----4-(4)-----||
|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|
| q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q    q  E E +Q   Q
|------2-(2)-----|----------------|------2-(2)-----||
|-5----3-(3)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----3-(3)-----||
|-5----4-(4)-----|-5----7-(7)-----|-5----4-(4)-----||
|-7----0-(0)-----|-7----7-(7)-----|-7----0-(0)-----||
|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------||

   Outro
    &
    Am    Bmadd11/F#    Am    D/A
    Gtrs I, II
     q  E  E  +Q   Q     q  E  E  +Q   Q
||---------0--(0)-----|-------------------|
||o--5-----3--(3)-----|--5-----7--(7)-----|
||---5-----4--(4)-----|--5-----7--(7)-----|
||---7-----4--(4)-----|--7-----7--(7)-----|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|    q  E  E  +Q   Q     q  E  E  +Q   Q
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-10----12-(12)-----|-13----12-(12)-----|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|

  Am    Bmadd11/F#    Am    D/A
   q  E  E  +Q   Q     q  E  E  +Q   Q    4x
|--------0--(0)-----|---------------------||
|--5-----3--(3)-----|--5-----7--(7)------o||
|--5-----4--(4)-----|--5-----7--(7)-------||
|--7-----4--(4)-----|--7-----7--(7)-------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|
|  q  E  E  +Q   Q     q  E  E  +Q   Q    4x
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-10----12-(12)-----|-13----12-(12)------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
H.=H Am G F Em Dm Gtrs I, II |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  Q Q Q Q Q Q   Q Q Q Q Q Q   Q  Q  H
|---5-5---3-3-|---1-1---0-0-|-1----------|
|---5-5---3-3-|---1-1---0-0-|-3----------|
|---5-5---4-4-|---2-2---0-0-|-2----------|
|---7-7---5-5-|---3-3---2-2-|-0----------|
|---7-7---5-5-|---3-3---2-2-|------------|
|---5-5---3-3-|---1-1---0-0-|------------|

  N.C.                                 Am
  Gtr III                              Gtrs II, III
                                       TP      TP
  E S S a S S S S E E E E   S S S S Q  H      +H     +q   Q
|-------------------------:------------0----:-(0)----(0)-----*|
|-------------------------:------------1----:-(1)----(1)-----*|
|-----5-7h9-7-5h7p5---5---:------------2----:-(2)----(2)-----*|
|---7---------------7-----:------------2----:-(2)----(2)-----*|
|-----------------------5-:-3h5p3---3--0----:-(0)----(0)-----*|
|-------------------------:-------5---------:----------------*|
Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths