Valley Of The Silver Moon tab by Jonathan Wilson

Tuning: Drop D


INTRO

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

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

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------0h2---0h2--0-----0---------3-----------5---------|
D|--------0-------------/3----p0-----3-------5-------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------0h3/5-|
D|-0----------------------------3--------3/5---5-----------|

VERSE 1 [1:34]
    D5                                              Fsus4  Gsus4
I'm writing you now from the valley of the silver moon
  D5                                                  Fsus4  Gsus4
I get on pretty well here just sit around and hum my tunes
            D5
But when my words come out it's like oil and water
Fsus4           Gsus4
 Separation and no reaction
    D5                                         Fsus4  Gsus4
The harden stone in the valley of the silver moon


PRE-CHORUS [2:09]
           Bbdim7                                 C/G   Bbdim7  C/G                (CHORDS)
I said I'm writing you now from the valley of the silver                 Bbdim7   C/G       Gdim7   A7aug
    Bbdim7                                 Gdim7 A7aug                e|-----------------------------------|
I'm writing you now from the valley of the sil-  ver                  B|-8--------5---------5-------6------|
                                                                      G|-9--------5---------6-------6------|
                                                                      D|-8------------------5-------5------|
CHORUS [2:26]                                                         A|----------------------------0------|
             Dsus2  Csus2 G/B             (CHORDS)                    D|-8--------5---------5--------------|
The silver moon                         Dsus2 Csus2 G/B
             Dsus2  Csus2 G/B        e|-0-----0-----3---|
The silver moon                      B|-3-----3-----3---|
The silver                           G|-2-----0-----0---| (you can also play a G, but sometimes he plays
                                     D|-0-----2-----0---|  an G/B which sounds really nice)
                                     A|-0-----3-----2---|
                                     D|-0---------------|
POST-CHORUS

- intro riff x2


VERSE 2 [3:00]
    D5                                            Fsus4 Gsus4
I'm writing you now from the crescent of another moon
        D5                                       Fsus4 Gsus4
So many people all around, people passing by my room
  D5
Before it leaves the body, they'll never find
    Fsus4                   Gsus4
The maker comes down, he'll never even see it
  D5                                       Fsus4 Gsus4
Desire for life, the valley of the silver moon


PRE-CHORUS [3:36]
           Bbdim7                                 C/G   Bbdim7  C/G
I said I'm writing you now from the valley of the silver
    Bbdim7                                 Gdim7 A7aug
I'm writing you now from the valley of the sil-  ver


CHORUS [3:52]
             Dsus2  Csus2 G/B
The silver moon
             Dsus2  Csus2 G/B
The silver moon
The silver


BREAK [4:10]

      (D          C   G   F     G     F)

e|-----/10---1010--8---7---5----/10-10\8--------------------------|
B|-----/10---1010--8---8---6----/12-12\10-------------------------|
G|-----/11---1111--9---7---5----/12-12\10----12-------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------12-10------10/12-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0--------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----/10---1010--8---7---5----/10-10\8--------------------------|
B|-----/10---1010--8---8---6----/12-12\10-------------------------|
G|-----/11---1111--9---7---5----/12-12\10----12-------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------12-10------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0--------------------------------------------------------------|


   E/D                                F/D           G/D

e|-4-------4-----------4-----4---4-/5-5-------------7--|
B|-5-------5-----------5-----5---5-/6-6-------------8--|
G|-4-------4-4--4----4-4-----4---4-/5-5-------------7--| find a nice strumming rhythm
D|-0-------0-0--0----0-0--------------0-------------0--| by listening to the song
A|-0---------0--0----0----------------0-------------0--|
D|-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--|
B|-3-3---5------3-3---5------3-3---5-----3--5---7--8--|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|


PRE-CHORUS [6:18]

Bbdim7  C/G  x2

           Bbdim7                                 C/G   Bbdim7  c/G
I said I'm writing you now from the valley of the silver
    Bbdim7                                 Gdim7 A7aug
I'm writing you now from the valley of the sil-  ver


CHORUS [6:42]
             Dsus2  Csus2 G/B
The silver moon
             Dsus2  Csus2 G/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|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5p4---4\2p0-2----2p0-------------------------------------------0--------------0------------0---0--5p4----|
D|----------------------3p2--0------------------------0h2--2--3-2---232--3-2-320---2-320--2-3---------------|
A|-----------------------------3----2---0-2-3-2-0-2-3-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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

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

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

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

e|----------------------------15------15----1513------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------15-----1513-------1513------------12------------------------|
G|-17b--19b--19b--21hb--21hb----------------------12b14----1412b14----14-12-------12------------------------|
D|-0----0----0----0-----0---------------------------------------------------15-12----15-12------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15-12------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15-13-15---|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------1p0------------------------|
G|-----------------------------4-0-4-0------------------------2p0-------------------|
D|-------------------------------------4-5-4-5-7-5p4h5--------------2p0-------------|
A|------------------15br--------------------------------------------------2p0-------|
D|-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|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-4-h5p4-------------------|
D|-------4-h5p4-------------|
A|-------------4-h5p4-------|
D|-------------------0------|