Down At The Blue Moon Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays501

Down At The Blue Moon by Bertie Higgins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, C, D, D7 and C7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro:              G           G              G-G       4x 
                e|-----------------------------3-3----| 
                B|-----------------------------3-3----| 
                G|------------------------------------| 
                D|--5p3?3-5-----5p3?3-5---------------| 
                A|--------5----------------5----------| 
                E|------------------------------------| 

G                                                Em 
I've been workin? down south, the old Carribean, boy! 
Em                     C                                    D 
I've been burnin? the Coast Guard out?  Saint Pete, Saint Croix 
D                 G                          Em 
My freedom is my wager,  and smugglin? is my game 
Em              C                                     D    D7 
Cocaine is my pleasure (sniff),  ?bout to drive me insane. 



D7            C       D             Em        Em-D-Em 
Gonna get me roo-oom,  down at the Blue Moon 
Em         C               C7     C         D           D7 
Gonna get paid, gonna get laid,  gonna get?  real real high! 
D7        C       D             Em        Em-D-Em 
Sing me a tu-une,  down at the Blue Moon 
Em             C                     D                      G      (Intro riff 1x) 
Come belly up boys, let?s make some noise, tomorrow we may die 


G                                                   Em 
I don't wanna get busted;  shoot, I don't wanna get popped 
Em                    C                          D 
Lord know I can't be trusted;  Hell, I can't be stopped 
D                     G                        Em 
I got a pocketful of money and I'm pissin? it a-way 
Em                   C                                 D         D7 
Now baby are you my honey,  or are you spying for the damn old DEA? 


(1st Chorus) 


Instrumental:

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante