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Man In The Moon

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Intro:
Bbm G# C#     F# C#      F# C#
Vers1 ( Just two lonely..)
 F#   G#   Bbm|  F#   G#   C#x2 Then   F#   G#  C#  
Just two lonley kids in school
right before geometry
my friend Jimmy lost his cool
and he pulled a gun on me
Vers2 (Him and Wanda…):
 F#   G#   Bbm|  F#   G#   C#x2 Then   F#   G#  C#  
him and wanda used to date
but that was over months ago
thou shes been sen with me of late
where just a couple friends moving slow
Vers3 (Now all of this..):
 F#   G#   C#|  F#   G#   Bbm|  F#   G#  Bbm| PAUS |      B   B|
now all of this I try to explain
but Jimmy shook with way to much pain
then he shot himself instead
no one knows yet if he's dead
Chorus (I wanna talk to..)
 Bbm   G#|   C#   G#|  Bbm   G#   C#|  Bbm   C#   G#  Bbm  
I wanna talk to the man in the moon
maybe he has an extra room
this place i hell, wanna cut out soon
I wanna live with the man in the moon
Intermezzo:  Bbm   G#       C#   F#        C#   F#  C#  
Vers 4. 
 F#   G#   C#|  F#   G#   Bbm|  F#   G#  Bbm| PAUS |      B   B|  G#   C#|  F#  C#  
I've seen this kinda thing on tv
but all of them were fat and 43
hey I'm only 14 years old
what kind of world am I living in
if I colud live with the man in the moon
just be a kid from july til' june
Intermezzo:
 F#   G#   C#x 4
Vers 5.
 C#   F#   G#   Bbm|  F#   C#   G#   Bbm|  Bbm   F#   G#   C#|  F#   C#   G#   Bbm|
to hell with wanda
to hell with this
had to bury a friend before my first kiss
I wanna life with some peace in it soon
get me a rocket to the man in the moon
Intermezzo:
 Bbm   G#   C#|  F#   C#   F#  C#  
Outro
I wanna live with the man in the room....
 Bbm   G#   C#|  F#   C#   F#  C#  

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Man In The Moon

by Nils Lofgren

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Bbm

Intro:

Bbm G# C# F# C# F# C#

Vers1 ( Just two lonely..)

F# G# Bbm F# G# C# F# G# C#

| x2 Then

Just two lonley kids in school

right before geometry

my friend Jimmy lost his cool

and he pulled a gun on me

Vers2 (Him and Wanda…):

F# G# Bbm F# G# C# F# G# C#

| x2 Then

him and wanda used to date

but that was over months ago

thou shes been sen with me of late

where just a couple friends moving slow

Vers3 (Now all of this..):

F# G# C# F# G# Bbm F# G# Bbm B B

now all of this I try to explain

but Jimmy shook with way to much pain

then he shot himself instead

no one knows yet if he's dead

Chorus (I wanna talk to..)

Bbm G# C# G# Bbm G# C# Bbm C# G# Bbm

| | |

I wanna talk to the man in the moon

maybe he has an extra room

this place i hell, wanna cut out soon

I wanna live with the man in the moon

Bbm G# C# F# C# F# C#

Intermezzo:

Vers 4.

F# G# C# F# G# Bbm F# G# Bbm B B G# C# F# C#

I've seen this kinda thing on tv

but all of them were fat and 43

hey I'm only 14 years old

what kind of world am I living in

if I colud live with the man in the moon

just be a kid from july til' june

Intermezzo:

F# G# C#

x 4

Vers 5.

C# F# G# Bbm F# C# G# Bbm Bbm F# G# C# F# C# G# Bbm

| | | |

to hell with wanda

to hell with this

had to bury a friend before my first kiss

I wanna life with some peace in it soon

get me a rocket to the man in the moon

Intermezzo:

Bbm G# C# F# C# F# C#

Outro

I wanna live with the man in the room....

Bbm G# C# F# C# F# C#

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