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New Disaster

New Moon
tuned down a step, capo 5 (or standard capo 3)
high e-string tuned down a full step

This is in 3/4 time and the low notes are played with the thumb while the two 
high strings are played with the index and middle finger making a very fast 
triplet.
The high strings are played very softly in comparison to the melody played with 
the thumb. This pattern continues throughout the song.

G     320000
G/F   120000
C*    x30000
Em/B  x22000
Eb*   x65000
C#*   x40002
A*    x02032
Cmaj7 x32030
B*    x20000
D*    xx0030
Em    022000

main melody I
D----0-----0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0-----0---
B------0-----0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0-----0-
G--------------0-----2----------4-----------------0-----2----------0-----
D--------4----------------------------------4----------------------------
A--3----------------------------------2----------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------

--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----
----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---
------------------------------------------0-----0-----------0-------
4-----4-----4-----2-----2----/7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----5-----0-
0-----------------0-----------0-----0-----------------0-------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------

main melody II
D----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0-----0--
B------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0-----0
G--------------0-----2h4---2-----4-----------------0-----2----------0----
D--------4-----------------------------------4---------------------------
A--3-----------------------------------2---------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------

---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----
-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---
-------------------------------------------0-----0-----------0-------
-4-----4-----4-----2-----2----/7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----5-----0-
-0-----------------0-----------0-----0-----------------0-------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

intro: main melody I & II

G                 G/F            C*          Em/B          Eb*               
the ghost of your smile's always looking for new bodies to haunt
         C#*      A*      Cmaj7   B*
and it's been here and disappeared
G           G/F         C*       Em/B            Eb*           
just hangin around aloofly for awhile, gradually gone
     C#*     A*   main melody I
it's pleasing and freezing

main melody II
while I wonder what it is your after
main melody II
keeping company with this disaster

G                   G/F      C*          Em/B                           Eb*
you walked all over town and got turned around to walk back through the mud
    C#*      A*         Cmaj7   B*  D*
the kind you had left behind you
G              G/F          C*          Em/B                    Eb*    
everbody's the same in this long no-win game in which every new blood
      C#*       A*      main melody I
get's time to become resigned

main melody II
while I wonder what it is your after
main melody II
keeping company with this disaster

D----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----
B------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---
G--------------------------4-----4-----------------0-----------------0-
D--------4-----2-----------------------------4-----------0-------------
A--------------------------------------------------------2-------------
E--3-----------------2-----------------0-------------------------------
        why   you    nev   -    er    try         to     tame       your

[STRUM THIS SECTION]
Em Cmaj7  (x47000)  (x75000)  Cmaj7
master
         G(hammer on B)   Em  Eb*
you just blow through the coals
G(hammer on B)   Em  Eb*
blow through the coals
G(hammer on B)   Em  Eb*  C#* 
blow through the coals
             A*                              
til everyone knows 

D----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------
B------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----
G---------------0-----2----------4-----------------0--
D--------2-----------------------------------4--------
A---3----------------------------------2--------------
E-----------------------------------------------------  A*  G
        that  your  smile        is         just   a    ghost

G                 G/F       C*        Em/B        Eb*
the ghost of your smile was seen on a body in the park
     C#*      A*                 Cmaj7   B*  D*
it's old news, you see that it's no use
G          G/F    C*         Em/B              Eb* 
waiting to start, waiting to light, wait until dark
  C#*      A*     main melody I
I told you man, I told you

main melody II
while I wonder what it is your after
main melody II
keeping company with this disaster

D----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----
B------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---
G--------------------------4-----4-----------------0-----------------0-
D--------4-----2-----------------------------4-----------0-------------
A--------------------------------------------------------2-------------
E--3-----------------2-----------------0-------------------------------
        why   you    nev   -    er    try         to     tame       your

[STRUM, t=10]
Em Cmaj7  (x47000)  (x75000)  (x7t000)  (xx4000)  (x07900)  G
master