Valley Of The Silver Moon tab by Jonathan Wilson

Tabs

Tuning: Drop D MajorD


INTRO

- jamming intro until around [0:58], where the following riff kicks in:

e|-----------|
BB|-----------|
G+G|-----------|
D MajorD|-----------|   with some minor variations, you can easily hear them
A augmentedA|-----0h3/5-|   out when listening to the song.
D MajorD|-----------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------0h2---0h2--0-----0---------3-----------5---------|
D MajorD|--------0-------------/3----p0-----3-------5-------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------0h3/5-|
D MajorD|-0----------------------------3--------3/5---5-----------|

VERSE 1 [1:34]
  D5D5                       Fsus4Fsus4 Gsus4Gsus4
I'm writing you now from the valley of the silver moon
 D5D5                         Fsus4Fsus4 Gsus4Gsus4
I get on pretty well here just sit around and hum my tunes
      D5D5
But when my words come out it's like oil and water
Fsus4Fsus4      Gsus4Gsus4
 Separation and no reaction
  D5D5                     Fsus4Fsus4 Gsus4Gsus4
The harden stone in the valley of the silver moon


PRE-CHORUS [2:09]
      Bbdim7Bbdim7                 C/GC/G  Bbdim7Bbdim7 C/GC/G        (CHORDS)
I said I'm writing you now from the valley of the silver         Bbdim7Bbdim7  C/GC/G    Gdim7Gdim7  A7aug
  Bbdim7Bbdim7                 Gdim7Gdim7 A7aug        e|-----------------------------------|
I'm writing you now from the valley of the sil- ver         BB|-8--------5---------5-------6------|
                                   G+G|-9--------5---------6-------6------|
                                   D MajorD|-8------------------5-------5------|
CHORUS [2:26]                             A augmentedA|----------------------------0------|
       Dsus2Dsus2 Csus2Csus2 G/BG/B       (CHORDS)          D MajorD|-8--------5---------5--------------|
The silver moon             Dsus2Dsus2 Csus2Csus2 G/BG/B
       Dsus2Dsus2 Csus2Csus2 G/BG/B    e|-0-----0-----3---|
The silver moon           BB|-3-----3-----3---|
The silver              G+G|-2-----0-----0---| (you can also play a G, but sometimes he plays
                   D MajorD|-0-----2-----0---| an G/BG/B which sounds really nice)
                   A augmentedA|-0-----3-----2---|
                   D MajorD|-0---------------|
POST-CHORUS

- intro riff x2

VERSE 2 [3:00]
  D5D5                      Fsus4Fsus4 Gsus4Gsus4
I'm writing you now from the crescent of another moon
    D5D5                    Fsus4Fsus4 Gsus4Gsus4
So many people all around, people passing by my room
 D5D5
Before it leaves the body, they'll never find
  Fsus4Fsus4          Gsus4Gsus4
The maker comes down, he'll never even see it
 D5D5                    Fsus4Fsus4 Gsus4Gsus4
Desire for life, the valley of the silver moon


PRE-CHORUS [3:36]
      Bbdim7Bbdim7                 C/GC/G  Bbdim7Bbdim7 C/GC/G
I said I'm writing you now from the valley of the silver
  Bbdim7Bbdim7                 Gdim7Gdim7 A7aug
I'm writing you now from the valley of the sil- ver


CHORUS [3:52]
       Dsus2Dsus2 Csus2Csus2 G/BG/B
The silver moon
       Dsus2Dsus2 Csus2Csus2 G/BG/B
The silver moon
The silver


BREAK [4:10]

   (D MajorD     C majorC  G+G  FF   G+G   FF)

e|-----/10---1010--8---7---5----/10-10\8--------------------------|
BB|-----/10---1010--8---8---6----/12-12\10-------------------------|
G+G|-----/11---1111--9---7---5----/12-12\10----12-------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------12-10------10/12-|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-0--------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----/10---1010--8---7---5----/10-10\8--------------------------|
BB|-----/10---1010--8---8---6----/12-12\10-------------------------|
G+G|-----/11---1111--9---7---5----/12-12\10----12-------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------12-10------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-0--------------------------------------------------------------|


  E/D                F/D      G/DG/D

e|-4-------4-----------4-----4---4-/5-5-------------7--|
BB|-5-------5-----------5-----5---5-/6-6-------------8--|
G+G|-4-------4-4--4----4-4-----4---4-/5-5-------------7--| find a nice strumming rhythm
D MajorD|-0-------0-0--0----0-0--------------0-------------0--| by listening to the song
A augmentedA|-0---------0--0----0----------------0-------------0--|
D MajorD|-0---------0--0----0----------------0-------------0--| (this part repeats itself a few times)


returning to the main part [6:04]

e|-2-2---3------2-2---3------2-2---3-----2--3---5--7--|
BB|-3-3---5------3-3---5------3-3---5-----3--5---7--8--|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------|


PRE-CHORUS [6:18]

Bbdim7Bbdim7 C/GC/G x2

      Bbdim7Bbdim7                 C/GC/G  Bbdim7Bbdim7 c/G
I said I'm writing you now from the valley of the silver
  Bbdim7Bbdim7                 Gdim7Gdim7 A7aug
I'm writing you now from the valley of the sil- ver


CHORUS [6:42]
       Dsus2Dsus2 Csus2Csus2 G/BG/B
The silver moon
       Dsus2Dsus2 Csus2Csus2 G/BG/B
The silver moon
The silver


REPEAT INTRO [7:01]

- play the riff twice


OUTRO [7:18]

- continue playing the riff


SOLO [7:54]

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-5p4---4\2p0-2----2p0-------------------------------------------0--------------0------------0---0--5p4----|
D MajorD|----------------------3p2--0------------------------0h2--2--3-2---232--3-2-320---2-320--2-3---------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------3----2---0-2-3-2-0-2-3-------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------8---------8----8----8--------|
BB|----------6p5--5p3--3-----3---3-6-5--5/6/8---8---8pbr------------6-8-8hbr-8b---8pbr-8pb--8b---8b---8pbr---|
G+G|-4h5/7--7---------------5-----------------------------7--7--7--7------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                            /========x4=======\

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-6----------------6-8-8br-6---6hb-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--77--5-7p5---5-7-----------7-------7p5--------5-p4-h5/7-5-p4-5p4---------------------4-h5p4--------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------7-------------------------7--7\5--5\3--3\2-2\0-------4-h5p4--------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4-h5p4--|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-|

                     /=====x6=====\           /===use some vibrato here========

e|----------------------------------------------10----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------10--13p10-----------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-4-h5p4----13hb--13hb--13hbr-p10----10-13hb------------13hb-p10----10-12b-12pb--14b--14b--16hb--16hb--17b-|
D MajorD|-------5---0-----0-----0---------12-----------------------------12--------0-----0----0----0-----0-----0---|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 =========================\

e|----------------------------15------15----1513------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------15-----1513-------1513------------12------------------------|
G+G|-17b--19b--19b--21hb--21hb----------------------12b14----1412b14----14-12-------12------------------------|
D MajorD|-0----0----0----0-----0---------------------------------------------------15-12----15-12------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15-12------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15-13-15---|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------1p0------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------4-0-4-0------------------------2p0-------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------4-5-4-5-7-5p4h5--------------2p0-------------|
A augmentedA|------------------15br--------------------------------------------------2p0-------|
D MajorD|-15br--15br------------------------------------------------------------------0----|


OUTRO [9:24]

For the outro part, play the intro riff a few times, but just with a little less notes


and end with this:

e|--------------------------|
BB|--------------------------|
G+G|-4-h5p4-------------------|
D MajorD|-------4-h5p4-------------|
A augmentedA|-------------4-h5p4-------|
D MajorD|-------------------0------|