F#m7b5    B                Em
Theres a moon over Bourbon Street tonight
       F#m7b5        B                Em
I see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamp light
          C            B           Em
I've no choice but to follow that call
      C#dim7            F#7                         B7
The bright lights, the people, and the moon and all
    F#m7b5    B           Em
I pray every day to be strong
        F#m7b5     B           Em
for I know what I do must be wrong

[Chorus]
           C             B                Em
Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
                 C         B7        Em  Em  Am B7
while there's a moon over Bourbon Street

[Instrumental 1]
Em Em Am B7 (3x)

[Verse 2]
        F#m7b5      B           Em
It was many years ago that I became what I am
        F#m7b5         B           Em
I was trapped in this life like an innocent lamb
       C             B       Em
now I never show my face at noon
           C#dim7       F#7                             B7
and you'll only see me walking by the light of the moon
      F#m7b5    B            Em
the brim of my hat hides the eye of a beast
          F#m7b5    B              Em
I've the face of a sinner but the hands of a priest

[Chorus]
           C             B                    Em
Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
                 C         B7        Em  Em  Am B7
while there's a moon over Bourbon Street

[Instrumental 2]
Em Em Am B7 (3x)
C C D7 Em F# F# Bm Bm Bm Em Am Am Em Em F# F# Em Em Am Am F#m7b5 B7

[Verse 2]
     F#m7b5     B                 Em
She walks everyday through the streets of New Orleans
      F#m7b5        B            Em
She's innocent and young from a family of means
         C         B                 Em
I have stood many times outside her window at night
      C#dim7        F#7                           B7
To struggle with my instinct in the pale moonlight
     F#m7b5          B           Em
How could I be this way when I pray to god above
        F#m7b5          B           Em
I must love what I destroy and destroy the thing I love

[Chorus]
           C             B                Em
Oh you'll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet
                 C         B7        Em
while there's a moon over Bourbon Street