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NOTES: This is for the album version, not the Roger Hodgson live version, and has been arranged for one
guitar. Sounds best on a 12-sring. I tried to get close as possible, but towards the end of the
song the guitar(s) start getting lost in the mix. At that point, use my tab as a reference.
RIFF 1:
e:|---------------12-12-12---------------12-12-12------------10-10-10---------|
B:|--9^10--10--10-----------9^10--10--10-----------7^8--8--8------------------|
G:|--9-----9---9------------9-----9---9------------7----7--7------------------|
D:|--9^11--11--11-----------9^11--11--11-----------7^9--9--9------------------|
A:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
RIFF 2: RIFF 3:
e:|-------------10p9-10p9-----| |-----------------------------------------------|
B:|--5-5--10--------------10--| |---5-5--10----5-5--10----5-5â??10-----5-5--10----|
G:|--4-4--9-------------------| |---4-4--9-----4-4--9-----4-4--9-----4-4--9-----|
D:|--6-6--11------------------| |---6-6--11----6-6--11----6-6--11----6-6--11----|
A:|---------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|
E:|---------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|
RIFF 4: RIFF 5: RIFF 6: (Brackets mean strum)
e:|---------------------| |----------------------| |----------------|
B:|--5-5--10---5-5--2---| |---5-5--3---3-3--2----| |---(3)---(10)---|
G:|--4-4--9----4-4--2---| |---4-4--2---2-2--2----| |---(2)---(9)----|
D:|--6-6--11---6-6--2---| |---6-6--4---4-4--2----| |---(4)---(11)---|
A:|---------------------| |----------------------| |----------------|
E:|---------------------| |----------------------| |----------------|
Intro: RIFF 1, RIFF 2, RIFF 1, RIFF 2, RIFF 2, RIFF 2, RIFF 2
RIFF 1
Ooo - when I was a small boy
RIFF 2
Well, I could see the magic in a day
RIFF 1
But, now I'm just a poor boy
RIFF 2
Well, maybe it's the price you have to pay
RIFF 2
If you lock your dreams away
RIFF 2
If no one wants to listen
RIFF 1
What's the story?
I wish I'd been a minstrel
RIFF 2
Just think of all the maidens I could call
RIFF 1
Oh - I wish I'd been a gypsy
RIFF 2
Then maybe I could read the crystal ball
RIFF 2
'Cause surrounded by these walls
RIFF 2
Just makes me feel uneasy
Bm A Amaj7
I said, hey, Sister Moonshine, Won't you send me a little sun?
Bm A Amaj7
I said, hey, Sister Moonshine, I'm a stranger to everyone
F#m F
(So, make us all laugh) Make us all cry
F#m F
(Make us all give) Make us all try
G
Give us a secret, show us the light
B Bsus4
Weâ??ll strike up the music, light up the sky
GUITAR Solo: RIFF 1, RIFF 1, RIFF 3
RIFF 1
Mmm - if I was a lion,
RIFF 2
Well, I could be the king of all the plain
RIFF 1
Mmm - if I was an eagle,
RIFF 2
Well, maybe I could fly above the rain
RIFF 2
Oh, fly above the pain
RIFF 2
But, I know I'm only foolin'
Bm A Amaj7
I said, hey, Sister Moonshine, Won't you send me a little sun?
Bm A Amaj7
I said, hey, Sister Moonshine, I'm a stranger to everyone
F#m F
(So, make us all laugh) Make us all cry
F#m F
(Make us all give) Make us all try
G
Well give us a secret, show us the light
B Bsus4
Weâ??ll strike up the music, and light up the sky
GUITAR Solo: RIFF 1, RIFF 1, RIFF 3
RIFF 4 (x4)
RIFF 5 RIFF 6
I said, hey, Sister Moonshine
RIFF 5 RIFF 6
I said, hey, Sister Moonshine
RIFF 5 RIFF 6
I said, hey, Sister Moonshine
RIFF 5 RIFF 6
I said hey, I said hey, Sister Moonshine
Fade..
Written by Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson