Standing on the Moon Grateful Dead
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STANDING ON THE MOON
Standing On the Moon
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Words by Robert Hunter
Music by Jerry Garcia
CHORDS: (Duplicate chords indicate optional fingerings)
G : 3 2 0 0 0 3 C : x 3 2 0 1 0 D : x x 0 2 3 2
Am : x 0 2 2 1 0 G/B : x 2 x 0 3 3 F# : x x 4 3 2 2
F# : 2 4 4 3 2 2 F : x x 3 2 1 1 F : 1 3 3 2 1 1
Intro: G G G C D D D C G G G C
[D] [G] [D] [G]
Standing on the moon, I got no cobweb on my shoe.
Standing on the moon, I see the battle rage below.
Standing on the moon, I see a shadow on the sun.
Standing on the moon, where talk is cheap and vision true.
[D] [G] [C]
Standing on the moon, I'm feeling so alone and blue. I see the
Standing on the moon, I see the soldiers come and go. There's a
Standing on the moon, the stars go fading one by one. I
Standing on the moon, but I would rather be with you.
[D] [G] [C] [G]
Gulf of Mexi co, as tiny as a tear.
metal flag be side me someone planted long a go.
hear a cry of victory, a nother of de feat.
Somewhere in San Francisco, on a back porch in Ju ly,
[C] [G] [D] [G] [C]
The coast of Cali fornia must be somewhere over here,
Old Glory standing stiffly Crimson white and indigo,
A scr*p of age old lulla by down some forgotten street.
just looking up at heaven at this crescent in the sky,
[C] [G] [C]
over here.
indi go.
<no lyrics -- play chords and then go to BRIDGE>
in the sky. <go to FINALE>
BRIDGE:
[C] [D] [Am] [D] [Am] [D]
I see all of Southeast Asia, I can see El Salva dor. I hear the cries
[G] [C] [G/B] [Am] [D] [Am]
of children and the other songs of war. It's like a mighty melody that
[D] [Am] [G/B] [C]
rings down from the sky. Standing here upon the moon, I
[G] [D] [G] [C] [G/B] [Am]
watch it all roll by, all roll by, all roll by,
[G] [F] [F#] [G] [C]
all roll by. <go to 4th verse>
FINALE:
[D] [C] [G] [C] [G]
Standing on the moon, with nothing left to do. A lovely view of
[D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G]
heaven, but I'd rather be with you. A lovely view of heaven, but I'd
[C] [G] [C] [D] [C] [G]
rather be with you, be with you, be with you. I'd rather be with you.
[--]Joshua Bardwell | "May be going to hell in a bucket, baby
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