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Bad Moon Rising

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   G320033
[Intro]
 DD(D)D  A   G  D  
( ) = Start From The Bottom
[Verse 1]
DI see A Abad mGoon Drising
DI see Atrouble Gon the Dway
DI see AearthGquakes and Dlightning
DI see Abad Gtimes Dtoday
[Chorus]
GDon't go around tonight
Its Dbound to take your life
ATheres a Gbad moon on the Drise
DI hear hurrGicanes a Dblowing
DI know the Aend is Gcoming Dsoon
DI fear Arivers Gover Dflowing
Di hear the Avoice of Grage and Druin
GDon't go around tonight
Its Dbound to take your life
ATheres a Gbad moon on the Drise
DI hear hurrGicanes a Dblowing
DI know the Aend is Gcoming Dsoon
DI fear Arivers Gover Dflowing
Di hear the Avoice of Grage and Druin
[Verse 2]
DHope you Agot your Gthings Dtogether
DHope you are Aquite preGpared to dieD  
DLooks like we're in Afor nasty GweatherD  
DOne eye is takAen for an GeyeD  
[Chorus]
GDon't go around tonight
Its Dbound to take your life
ATheres a Gbad moon on the Drise
DI hear hurrGicanes a Dblowing
DI know the Aend is Gcoming Dsoon
DI fear Arivers Gover Dflowing
DI hear the Avoice of Grage and Druin
GDon't go around tonight
Its Dbound to take your life
ATheres a Gbad moon on the Drise
DI hear hurrGicanes a Dblowing
DI know the Aend is Gcoming Dsoon
DI fear Arivers Gover Dflowing
DI hear the Avoice of Grage and Druin

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The story behind the song

"Bad Moon Rising" captures a feeling of impending doom, using imagery of powerful weather like hurricanes to suggest that something ominous is on the horizon. John Fogerty wrote the song after seeing the film The Devil and Daniel Webster, where a deal with the devil leads to a destructive storm. He described the song as being about an "apocalypse that was going to be visited upon us," a sense of dark times approaching. Released in 1969 as a single from the Green River album, it carries a powerful, almost prophetic energy.

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Bad Moon Rising

by John Fogerty

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

320033

[Intro]

D D A G D

D()D

( ) = Start From The Bottom

[Verse 1]

D A G D

I see A bad moon rising

D A G D

I see trouble on the way

D A G D

I see earthquakes and lightning

D A G D

I see bad times today

[Chorus]

Don't go around tonight

Its bound to take your life

A G D

Theres a bad moon on the rise

D G D

I hear hurricanes a blowing

D A G D

I know the end is coming soon

D A G D

I fear rivers over flowing

D A G D

i hear the voice of rage and ruin

Don't go around tonight

Its bound to take your life

A G D

Theres a bad moon on the rise

D G D

I hear hurricanes a blowing

D A G D

I know the end is coming soon

D A G D

I fear rivers over flowing

D A G D

i hear the voice of rage and ruin

[Verse 2]

D A G D

Hope you got your things together

D A G D

Hope you are quite prepared to die

D A G D

Looks like we're in for nasty weather

D A G D

One eye is taken for an eye

[Chorus]

Don't go around tonight

Its bound to take your life

A G D

Theres a bad moon on the rise

D G D

I hear hurricanes a blowing

D A G D

I know the end is coming soon

D A G D

I fear rivers over flowing

D A G D

I hear the voice of rage and ruin

Don't go around tonight

Its bound to take your life

A G D

Theres a bad moon on the rise

D G D

I hear hurricanes a blowing

D A G D

I know the end is coming soon

D A G D

I fear rivers over flowing

D A G D

I hear the voice of rage and ruin

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