MOONLIGHT SHADOW    

 

(Please use a capo on the 4th fret!)

 

    C - G - Am - F - G

 

            Am                                  F            G                             C              G       

1. The last time that ever she saw him, carried away by a moonlight shadow.

           Am                                   F            G                            C              G

    He passed on worried and warning, carried away by a moonlight shadow.

      C                           G                     Am     F              G

    Lost in a river that Saturday night, far away on the other side,

                   C                                    G

    he was caught in the middle of a desperate fight

                    Am                 F                    G

    and she couldn`t find how to push through.

 

             Am                                   F

2. The trees that whisper in the evening,

      G                           C              G

    carried away by a moonlight shadow.

                 Am                             F

    Sing a song of sorrow and grieving

      G                           C              G

    carried away by a moonlight shadow.

     C                                       G                     Am    F               G

    All she saw was the silhouette of a gun, far away on the other side,

                   C                           G

    he was shot six times by a man on the run,

                    Am                 F                    G

    and she couldn`t find how to push through.

 

C   G    C  G            C         F        G

I stay,   I pray, see you in heaven far away,

C   G   C   G            C         F       - G

 I stay,  I pray, see you in heaven      one day.

 

      Am                       F            G                             C              G

3. Four a.m. in the morning, carried away  by a moonlight shadow.

       Am                         F             G                             C              G

    I watch your vision forming,  carried away  by a moonlight shadow.

              C                                 G                  Am     F               G

    The stars move slowly in a silvery night,  far away on the other side.

 

 

 

 

                  C                     G

    Will you come to talk to me this night ?

                   Am                 F                    G

    But she couldn`t find how to push through.

 

C   G    C  G            C         F        G

I stay,   I pray, see you in heaven far away,

C   G   C   G            C         F       - G

 I stay,  I pray, see you in heaven      one day.

 

4.     Am - F - G - C - G (2x)   C - G     a       F              G

                                                            Far away on the other side.

 

    C - G - Am - F - G                           

 

5. Am - F - G - C - G  (2x)

 

       C                                     G                          - Am - F - G        

    Caught in the middle of a hundred and five.

            C                                   G                         

    The night was heavy but the air was alive,

                  Am                 F                     G    

    but she couldn't find how to push through.

 

6.     Am - F     G                            C               G

                      Carried away by a moonlight shadow.

Am - F     G                             C              G          

              Carried away by a moonlight shadow.

 

    C - G   Am      F               G                - Am - F - G - C - G       - C

                Far away on the other side.

 

(Mike Oldfield)