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The Moons A Harsh Mistress

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[Verse 1]
SC#ee her how she F#flies     
 Fm7Golden sails across the D#m7skyC#maj  
F#Close enough to touG#7susch G#7  
Fm7But careful if you tF#ry
F#Though she lookG#7s as warm as A#mgoldG#  F#  
Fm7The moon's a harsh D#m9mistress
 A#mThe mG#oon can be so F#coldG#  
[Verse 2]
Once the sun did F#shine 
Fm7Lord, it felt so D#m7fineC#maj  
F#The moon a phantom rG#7susose G#7  
Through the Fm7mountains and the F#pines
And F#then the darkness A#m7fellG#  F#  
And the Fm7moon's a harsh D#m9mistress
 A#m7It's so G#hard to love her F#well
[Solo]
F
Em7 Dm7 Cmaj
F G7sus G7
Em7 F
F Am7 G F
Em7 Dm9
Am7 G F C
[Verse 3]
I Hfell out of her eEyes 
D#m7I fell out of her C#m7heartBmaj  
I Efell down on my F#7susface F#7  
I D#m7tripped and  missed my Estar
God, I Efell and fell G#m7alone,F#  E  
And the D#moon's a harsh C#m9mistress
And the G#m7sky is F#madEe of stone
The G#m7moon's a harsh C#m9mistress
She's F#hard to call your Eown. Bmaj  

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The Moons A Harsh Mistress

by Radka Toneff

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fm7

D#m7

C#maj

G#7sus

G#7

A#m

D#m9

A#m7

Em7

Dm7

Cmaj

G7sus

Am7

Dm9

C#m7

[Verse 1]

C# F#

See her how she flies

Fm7 D#m7 C#maj

Golden sails across the sky

F# G#7sus G#7

Close enough to touch

Fm7 F#

But careful if you try

F# G#7 A#m G# F#

Though she looks as warm as gold

Fm7 D#m9

The moon's a harsh mistress

A#m G# F# G#

The moon can be so cold

[Verse 2]

Once the sun did shine

Fm7 D#m7 C#maj

Lord, it felt so fine

F# G#7sus G#7

The moon a phantom rose

Fm7 F#

Through the mountains and the pines

F# A#m7 G# F#

And then the darkness fell

Fm7 D#m9

And the moon's a harsh mistress

A#m7 G# F#

It's so hard to love her well

[Solo]

Em7 Dm7 Cmaj

F G7sus G7

Em7 F

F Am7 G F

Em7 Dm9

Am7 G F C

[Verse 3]

H E

I fell out of her eyes

D#m7 C#m7 Bmaj

I fell out of her heart

E F#7sus F#7

I fell down on my face

D#m7 E

I tripped and missed my star

E G#m7 F# E

God, I fell and fell alone,

D# C#m9

And the moon's a harsh mistress

G#m7 F# E

And the sky is made of stone

G#m7 C#m9

The moon's a harsh mistress

F# E Bmaj

She's hard to call your own.

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