| progression 1: |
| G | |
| D C G |
| I pictured a rainbow, you held it in your hands |
| C | D | C | D | |
| I had | flashes, | but | you saw the plan |
| G | D | C | D | |
| I wandered out in the | world for years, | while | you just stayed in your |
| C | D | C | D | G | |
| room / I saw the | crescent, | you saw the whole of the | moon |
| C | G | D | |
| The whole of the | moon |
| progression 2: |
| G | C | |
| You were | there at the turnstiles with the | wind at your heels |
| G | D | |
| You | stretched for the stars and you | know how it feels |
| Em | D | C | |
| To reach | too high, | too far, | too soon |
| D | G | |
| You saw the whole of the | moon |
| progression 1 |
| I was grounded while you filled the skies |
| I was dumbfounded by truth, you cut through lies |
| I saw the rain-dirty valley, you saw Brigadoon |
| I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moon |
| HORN SOLO |
| progression 1 |
| I spoke about wings, you just flew |
| I wondered, I guessed and I tried--you just knew |
| I sighed...and you swooned |
| I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moon |
| The whole of the moon |
| progression 2 |
| The torch in your pocket and the wind at your heels |
| You climbed on the ladder and you know how it feels |
| To get too high, too far, too soon |
| You saw the whole of the moon |
| C | G | D | |
| Yeah yeah yeah |
| G | C | |
| BRIDGE: | Unicorns and cannonballs, | palaces and piers |
| G | D | |
| Trumpets, towers and tenements, wide | oceans full of tears |
| Em | D | |
| Rags, rags, ferryboats, | cylinders (?) and scarves |
| C | D | |
| Every precious dream and vision | underneath the stars |
| backing vocals sing "tbe torcb in your pocket" verse |
| progression 2 |
| Yes, you climbed on the ladder with the wind in your sails |
| You came like a comet blazing your trails |
| Too high, too far, too soon |
| You saw the whole of the moon |
| C | G | D | |
| The whole of the | moon |
| Repeat G C G D |
| G | C | G | D | |
| Oh, oh, oh, did | you see the whole | of the moon |
| Repeat some more, end on G |