Song About The Moon Chords

Words & music By Paul Simon 1981
 
 
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  If you want to write a song about the moon
 
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   Walk along the craters of the afternoon
 
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  When the shadows are deep
 
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And the light is alien
 
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   And gravity leaps like a knife off the pavement
 
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And you want to write a song about the moon
 
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      You want to write a spiritual tune
 
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     Then nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, 
 
Bbmaj7 F(addG)/A |G7
Yeah,  yeah,      presto
 
C7sus4               |F
       Song about the moon
 
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  If you want to write a song about the heart
 
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   Think about the moon before you start
 
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  'cause the heart will howl Like a dog in the moonlight
 
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   And the heart can explode like a pistol on a June night
 
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So if you want to write a song about the heart
 
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And its ever longing for a counterpart
 
 
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     Then nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, 
 
Bbmaj7 F(addG)/A |
Yeah,  yeah,      
 
G7        |C7sus4        |F   Bb/F F| Bb/F F|
   Write a song about the moon
 
 
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    The laughing boy
 
  |Abmaj9     D7
He laughed so hard
 
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He fell down from his place
 
Dm7             |Fmaj7/C
    The laughing girl
 
   |Bbmaj7    A7
She laughed so hard
 
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The tears rolled   down her face, whoa
 
 
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Hey Songwriter
 
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  If you want to write a song about a face
 
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  Think about a photograph
 
         Dm             F7            |Bb         |Eb9(no 3rd) |
That you really can't remember But you can't erase
 
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  Wash your hands in dreams and lightning
 
Bb                          |Eb      Edim
   Cut off your hair and whatever is frightening
 
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If you want to write a song About a face
 
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If you want to write a song about the human race
 
 
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     Then nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, 
 
Bbmaj7 F(addG)/A |
Yeah,  yeah,      
 
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   Write a song about the moon
 
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   Oh,     if you want to write a song about the moon
 
C#dim    |Dm7             F7       |Bb  Bdim
      You want to write a spirituaI tune
 
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nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, 
 
Bbmaj7       F(addG)/A
Yeah,  yeah, yeah,      yeah     
 
    |G7
Then do it
 
        C7sus4        |F
Write a song about the moon 
 
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Repeat and fade:
 
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