Jonathan Wilson - Valley Of The Silver Moon
note: this song is filled with ambient, background guitar stuff that I did not tab.
I chose to tab the main riffs and chords etc. so that you can play the song for yourself.
Enjoy! (I have included the solo, of course)
> drop-D tuning! <
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------|
