Song About the Moon Tabs & Lyrics by Paul Simon

Song About the Moon

guitar tabs lyrics

Paul Simon

Words & music By Paul Simon 1981


F | Bb/F F| | Bb/F
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F | |C |
If you want to write a song about the moon

Dm F7 |Bb |Eb9(no 3rd) |

Walk along the craters of the afternoon

F C6/E
When the shadows are deep

|A7 Dm|
And the light is alien

Bb |Eb Edim
And gravity leaps like a knife off the pavement

|F |C
And you want to write a song about the moon

C#dim |Dm7 F7 |Bb
You want to write a spiritual tune

Bdim |F Am/E |
Then nah nah nah nah nah nah nah,

Bbmaj7 F(addG)/A |G7
Yeah, yeah, presto

C7sus4 |F
Song about the moon

| Bb/F F| | Bb/F
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F | |C |
If you want to write a song about the heart

Dm F7 |Bb |Eb9(no 3rd) |
Think about the moon before you start

F C6/E |A7 Dm|
'cause the heart will howl Like a dog in the moonlight

Bb |Eb Edim
And the heart can explode like a pistol on a June night

|F |C C#dim|
So if you want to write a song about the heart

Dm7 F7 |Bb
And its ever longing for a counterpart


Bdim |F Am/E |
Then nah nah nah nah nah nah nah,

Bbmaj7 F(addG)/A |
Yeah, yeah,

G7 |C7sus4 |F Bb/F F| Bb/F F|
Write a song about the moon


Dm7 Fmaj7/C
The laughing boy

|Abmaj9 D7
He laughed so hard

|Gm D7 |Gm |
He fell down from his place

Dm7 |Fmaj7/C
The laughing girl

|Bbmaj7 A7
She laughed so hard

|Dm G9 |C9 |
The tears rolled down her face, whoa


F | Bb/F
Hey Songwriter

F Bb/F F |Bb/F F|
If you want to write a song about a face

F |C |
Think about a photograph

Dm F7 |Bb |Eb9(no 3rd) |
That you really can't remember But you can't erase

F C6/E |A7 Dm|
Wash your hands in dreams and lightning

Bb |Eb Edim
Cut off your hair and whatever is frightening

|F |C C#dim
If you want to write a song About a face

|Dm7 F7 |Bb
If you want to write a song about the human race


Bdim |F Am/E |
Then nah nah nah nah nah nah nah,

Bbmaj7 F(addG)/A |
Yeah, yeah,

G7 |C7sus4 |F C|C#dim Dm|
Write a song about the moon

F7 Bb |Bbm |F |C
Oh, if you want to write a song about the moon

C#dim |Dm7 F7 |Bb Bdim
You want to write a spirituaI tune

F Am/E |
nah nah nah nah nah nah nah,

Bbmaj7 F(addG)/A
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

|G7
Then do it

C7sus4 |F
Write a song about the moon

| Bb/F F| | Bb/F F|
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Repeat and fade:

F | Bb/F F| | Bb/F F|
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