GIRL ON THE MOON
As recorded by Foreigner
(From the 1981 Album 4)
Words and Music by Lou Gramm & Mick Jones
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Mick Jones - Electric Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Mick Jones - Electric Guitar 2'
Intro
Q=118
Bm
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|
|-----------------4-|-----------------4-|
|---4---------4-----|---4---------4-----|
|-2-----0-(0)-------|-2-----0-(0)-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-----3---------3---|-----3-----------3----|
|-----------------4-|-------------------4--|
|---4---------4-----|---4---------4--------|
|-2-----0-(0)-------|-2-----0-(0)----------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|
| W H E S S E E
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-------------7p5---5--|
|-------------------|-----------------7----|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----3---------3---|-------3---------3---|
|-----------------4-|-------------------4-|
|---4---------4-----|-----4---------4-----|
|-2-----0-(0)-------|--2------0-(0)-------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-7-----------------|-(7)-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------||
|-------3---------3---|-----3---------3----||
|-------------------4-|-----------------4--||
|-----4---------4-----|---4---------4------||
|--2------0-(0)-------|-2-----0-(0)--------||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|
|~~~~~
| +W W
|---------------------|--------------------||
|-(7)-----------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||
1st Verse
Bm
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|
|-----------------4-|-----------------4-|
|---4---------4-----|---4---------4-----|
|-2-----0-(0)-------|-2-----0-(0)-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3----|
|-----------------4-|-----------------4--|
|---4---------4-----|---4---------4------|
|-2-----0-(0)-------|-2-----0-(0)--------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|
|-----------------4-|-----------------4-|
|---4---------4-----|---4---------4-----|
|-2-----0-(0)-------|-2-----0-(0)-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3----|
|-----------------4-|-----------------4--|
|---4---------4-----|---4---------4------|
|-2-----0-(0)-------|-2-----0-(0)--------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
Em
a E E E a E E E E E a E E E a E E E a E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-6h7-----6h7---------|-6h7-----6h7------6h=7---|
|-----0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0------0-0------0-|
|
| Gtr II
| W Q E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------7-|
|---------------------|-------7---9-10-9---10---|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
Bm
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3----|
|-----------------4-|-----------------4--|
|---4---------4-----|---4---------4------|
|-2-----0-(0)-------|-2-----0-(0)--------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| H Q E E W
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------7--------|--------------------|
|-9-----------------|-9------------------|
|---------------7-9-|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
2nd & 3rd Verses
Bm
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------|
||o-----3---------------3---|-----3---------3---|
||------------------------4-|-----------------4-|
||----4---------------4-----|---4---------4-----|
||o-2----------0--(0)-------|-2-----0-(0)-------|
||--------------------------|-------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q E +E +H W
||--------------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------|
||------9pb11r(9)-(9)-------|-------------------|
||--------------------------|-9-----------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------3---------3---|-----3---------3---|
|-------------------4-|-----------------4-|
|-----4---------4-----|---4---------4-----|
|--2------0-(0)-------|-2-----0-(0)-------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|
|~~~~~
| +W W
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-(9)-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|
|-----------------4-|-----------------4-|
|---4---------4-----|---4---------4-----|
|-2-----0-(0)-------|-2-----0-(0)-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3----|
|-----------------4-|-----------------4--|
|---4---------4-----|---4---------4------|
|-2-----0-(0)-------|-2-----0-(0)--------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
Em
a E E E a E E E E E a E E E a E E E a E E
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-6h7--------6h7---------|-6h=7------6h7-----6h7---|
|-----0---0------0-0-0-0-|-------0-0-----0-0-----0-|
|
| Gtr II
| Q H. Q Q H
|-------^12--------------|-------------------------|
|-------^12--------------|---12\-------------------|
|-------^12--------------|---12\-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
Bm
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3----||
|-----------------4-|-----------------4--||
|---4---------4-----|---4---------4------||
|-2-----0-(0)-------|-2-----0-(0)--------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|
| W W
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
Pre-Chorus
G6
Q E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|----0---------0---|-------0-------------0---|
|------3-(3)-----3-|-(3)-----3----(3)------3-|
|------------4-----|-----4-------------4-----|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|
| W Q E E +Q E E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------7-------------9-7-|
|------------------|---------7b9==(7)r-------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------0---------0---|-------0-------------0----|
|-(3)-----3-(3)-----3-|-(3)-----3----(3)------3--|
|-----4---------4-----|-----4-------------4------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|
| W Q E E +H
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|-------7------------------|
|---------------------|---------7b9==(7)r--------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
+E E E E +E E E E W
|-------0---------0---|--------------||
|-(3)-----3-(3)-----3-|-3------------||
|-----4---------4-----|-4------------||
|---------------------|--------------||
|---------------------|--------------||
|---------------------|--------------||
|
| H Q Q Q H Q
|---------------------|--------------||
|---------------------|--------------||
|-----------------6---|-7------------||
|---------------------|----/7\-------||
|---------------------|--------------||
|---------------------|--------------||
Chorus
Bm
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-----3---------3---|-----3---------------3------|
|-----------------4-|-----------------------4----|
|---4---------4-----|---4---------------4--------|
|-2-----0-(0)-------|-2---------0---(0)----------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|
| W Q Q a +Q E E
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------|-----9b11====9r(9)---7-9b11-|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------3---------3---|-----3---------3---|
|-------------------4-|-----------------4-|
|-----4---------4-----|---4---------4-----|
|--2------0-(0)-------|-2-----0-(0)-------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|
| ~~~
| +W W
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-(9)-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----3---------3---|-------3--------------3------|
|-----------------4-|------------------------4----|
|---4---------4-----|-----4--------------4--------|
|-2-----0-(0)-------|-2---------0----(0)----------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| W E Q E a Q E E
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|---/10-----------------------|
|-------------------|---------/11-11p=9----7-9b11-|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
1.
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------------------||
|--------3---------3---|------3------------------3--------||
|--------------------4-|--------------------------------4-||
|------4---------4-----|---4------------------4-----------||
|--2-------0-(0)-------|-2------------0---(0)-------------||
|----------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| ~~~~
| +W Q E +E +Q E E
|----------------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------------|-----14pb15r(14)-(14)---15b17==15-||
|-(9)r-----------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------------------||
Interlude
A
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------5-------5---5-|-----5-------5------|
|-------5---------------|---5----------------|
|---7-------6-(6)-------|-7-----6-(6)--------|
|-------------------7---|---------------7----|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|
| ~~~~~
| +W W
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-(15)r-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
E
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-----0-------0---0-|-----0-------0-----|
|---0---------------|---0---------------|
|-2-----1-(1)-------|-2-----1-(1)-------|
|---------------2---|---------------2---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
G
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-----3-------3---3-|-----3-------3------|
|---3---------------|---3----------------|
|-5-----4-(4)-------|-5-----4-(4)--------|
|---------------5---|---------------5----|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-----5-------5---5-|-----5-------5-----||
|---5---------------|---5---------------||
|-7-----6-(6)-------|-7-----6-(6)-------||
|---------------7---|---------------7---||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
Guitar Solo
N.C.
Gtr II
E +Q. +Q E +E +H. E E
|-21b23==(21)---(21)--21r(21)-|-(21)------19-21--|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|--3--| |---3---|
E +E E E q q q E +E E +H.
|-21b23==(21)-21---21-21-21-|-21r(21)--------------|
|---------------------------|---------19-(19)------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|--3--| |-----3------| |-----3------|
q Q Q Q a Q Q Q a Q Q Q. E
|----------19--------------|-19--------------19------|
|-17-17h19----17pb19r17p15-|----17pb19r17p15---------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E E +E E E E E E
|---21pb23r(21)----21-------19-|
|---------------19----19s17----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
Outro
2.
N.C.
Gtr II
+E E E E +E E Q H Q E E Q. E H
|-(19)-------17-(17)---------||-------------||-------------|
|------17s15---------15-14--o||-------------||-------------|
|----------------------------||-------------||-------------|
|----------------------------||---------2-4-||-4-----------|
|---------------------------o||-------------||-------------|
|----------------------------||-------------||-------------|
|--3--|
Q H E E +H H Q a Q Q Q E a E +W
|-------------|-------------|------------------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|------------------|--------|
|----7S===2-4-|-(4)---------|--------------2h4-|-(4)----|
|----7S===2-4-|-(4)---------|---4p2-2-2--0-----|--------|
|-------------|-------------|------------------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|------------------|--------|
Q a E E a Q E E W +H Q E E H. Q
|----2h4---4p2--0-2-|-4--------|-(4)-------7-9-|-9-----------|
|-------------------|----------|---------------|-------------|
|-------------------|----------|---------------|-------------|
|-------------------|----------|---------------|-------------|
|-------------------|----------|---------------|-------------|
|-------------------|----------|---------------|-------------|
|-3-|
E E S E. E S S E E E W Q E E +Q E E +H. E E
|---12p9----11p9------9p7-|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|--------9----------------|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------/9-------|-/7\--------|----2s4-(4)--4s7-|-(7)------7s9--|
|-------------------------|------------|----2s4-(4)--4s7-|-(7)------7s9--|
|-------------------------|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
+H E E E E E E +Q. E +E E a E E E E E E a E E E E
|----------4p2-0-2h4-|-(4)---/7-(7)\---4p2-0-|-2-----------------*|
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------*|
|-(9)----------------|-----------------------|-----4-4-4p2---2-4-*|
|-(9)----------------|-----------------------|-------------------*|
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------*|
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------*|
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
