On The Dunes

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transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
casparus@yahoo.ca

f#3 f e      e4 e    e e   a        db5   b4
      Cmaj9               Gb7+9+5   Gbm7  Abm/Db

 b3   c#4     e      f#
Em7   F#m7   Em/A   Dmaj9


g4      e e    e e   a         db5   b4
Cmaj9                Gb7+9+5   Gbm7  Abm/Db

 b3   c#4     e      f#
Em7   F#m7   Em/A   Dmaj9

a5.......    f#4 f#
Cmaj13       A13-9-5

Dmaj7
       Drive along the sea

             G9
Far from the city's twitch and smoke

f#4         e
Bm7        Abmaj7+5/Bb
To a misty beach

                 e4             eb         f
                Am7addD       Ab7-5     Ab13-5
That's where my life became a joke

         e4     d    f           f
       G13sus4  G7   G13sus4    G7/D
On the dunes

       Bm7
On the dunes
                       d4       e       g
    Am7   Am7/D       D/G    Db7+9   Gb7-9
(Became a joke on the dunes)

                    d5 b f#
                Bm7      E9
Where rents are high

             A7+5
And seabirds cry

         e4       d      f          a     g     f#
        E/D      B7+9+5  Bbmaj7    F/Eb  Eb/A  Dmaj7
On the dunes


As you spoke you must have known

         G9
It was a kind of homicide

  Bm7                  Abmaj7+5/Bb
I stood and watched my happiness

      Am7addD           Ab7-5   Ab13-5
Drift outwards with the tide

          e4     d    f           f
       G13sus4  G7   G13sus4    G7/D
On the dunes



On the dunes

       Bm7
On the dunes
                   d4      e       g
 Am7  Am7/D       Gmaj9    Db7+9  Gb7-9
(Homi cide on the dunes)

                 g2 f# e
           Bm7         E9
It wasn't fair

                 A7+5
     It's brutal there

        Dmaj9   Bbmaj7+5/C  D6
On the dunes

D13
Pretty boats

D7                 D7/F#   D/Eb
Sweeping along the shore

  d4    e                      f#  f  g  f#    e
 Gmaj7  G6                   Gmaj7 G7    Gmaj7 G6
           In the faltering light

E7        F#m7
   Pretty women

            Gm(maj7-5)     Bm7
With their lovers by their side



     E-5       Gmaj9/A      A7
It's like an   awful dream

            Em    D/G   G/A    A13-9-5
I have most every night

       Dmaj9
In the summer all the swells

            G9
Join in the search for sun and sand

    Bm7            Abmaj7+5/Bb
For me it's just a joyless place

           Am7addD    Am7/D
Where this loneliness began

                  e4        d     f        f
  Ab13-5          G13sus4   G7  G13sus4   G7/D
O-o-on    the     dunes

       Bm7
On the dunes

 Am7    Am7/D       Gmaj9    Db7+9   Gb7-9+5
(Loneli ness on the dunes)

              Bm9
   I'm pretty tough

E9                 A7+5
   But the wind is rough

       Dmaj9   Bbmaj7+5/C    Dmaj9/6
On the dunes

D13
Pretty boats

D7                 D7/F#   D/Eb
Sweeping along the shore

  d4    e                      f#       f  g  f#    e
 Gmaj7  G6                   Gmaj7      G7    Gmaj7 G6
           In the faltering light

E7        F#m7
   Pretty women

            Gm(maj7-5)     Bm7
With their lovers by their side

     E-5       Gmaj9/A      A7
It's like an   awful dream


            Em    D/G   G/A    A13-9-5
I have most every night

       Dmaj9
In the summer all the swells

            G9
Join in the search for sun and sand

    Bm7            Abmaj7+5/Bb
For me it's just a joyless place

           Am7addD    Am7/D
Where this loneliness began

           e4        d     f        f
  Ab13-5   G13sus4   G7  Fmaj7addB  Bm7-5/D
On    the  dunes          aah ha

       Bm7
On the dunes

 Am7    D9          Gmaj9    Db7+9   Gb7-9+5
(Loneli ness on the dunes)

          Bm7
  pretty tough

E9                 A7+5
   But the wind is rough

       Dmaj9   Bbmaj7+5/C    Dmaj9/6
On the dunes              ohh on the dunes

f#3 f e      e4 e    e e   a        db5   b4
      Cmaj9               Gb+9+5    Gbm7  Abm/Db

 b3   c#4     e      f#
Em7   F#m7   Em/A   Dmaj9


g4      e e    e e   a         db5   b4
Cmaj9                Gb+9+5    Gbm7  Abm/Db

 b3   c#4     e      f#
Em7   F#m7   Em/A   Dmaj9

..repeat and fade

transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
casparus@yahoo.ca