Transcription by: Ron Greitzer
Capo I
Dar does this song somewhat differently than Richard Shindell's version on Somewhere Near Paterson, which he actually did first, although it's her song. Now wait just a minute . . . is it a cover song if you do it first? I don't know . . . I guess it's that old rule that the first version you hear of a song tends to become the "definitive" version in your mind. In any case, I like his version somewhat better; it's sparser, plus, it's in DADGAD. You can find the chords on my Richard Shindell page. Dar's version is pretty terrific, though.
Intro: (D)(G) . . . (D)(G)
The (D)moon wanted more of my (G)night
I (D)turned off the engine and the (G)headlights(G/F#)
The (Em)trees appeared as they'd (A)never been gone
I (Em)promised the fields I'd re(A)turn from now on
And the (D)moon kept on (G)rising(G/F#)
I had (Em)no more to say
I put my (A)roadmaps away
And sur(D)rendered the day
(G)And I know you'll be (A)calling me soon
And (D)if I don't answer I'm (Bm)calling the (G)moon
Calling the (Em)moon
I was (A)calling her then
I'm (D)wondering (D/C#)will she (Bm)take me again
(G)Oh, (A)I am calling the (D)moon
When I called the moon back to (G)me
I (D)thought she wanted my (G)beau(G/F#)ty
I (Em)shone in the best that (A)vanity buys
I (Em)covered the path where my (A)life turned to lies
And the (D)moon kept on (G)rising(G/F#)
But I felt (Em)nothing at all
She comes when the (A)empire falls
And shines on (D)crumbling walls
Calling the (G)moon
By the (A)name that she chose
As (D)Tennessee (D/C#)wandered in (Bm)moth-eaten robes
(G)Oh, (A)I am calling the (D)moon
Calling the (G)moon (A)(D)(D/C#)(Bm)
(G)Oh(A) I'm calling the (D)moon
Oh, make sense of me, (G)night
I can (D)see so much from this (G)cold (G/F#)height
The (Em)moon said oh darkness my (A)work is done
I've (Em)poured this bottle of (A)light from the sun
But their (D)anger keeps on (G)rising(G/F#)
And they (Em)don't understand
I've shown them (A)all that I can
That the (D)world is at hand
(G)And I know they'll be (A)calling me soon
And (D)if I don't answer I'm (Bm)only the (G)moon
I can (A)see by her light
This (D)one's going (D/C#)out to the (Bm)moon tonight
(G)Oh, (A)I am calling the (D)moon
Calling the (G) moon
'Cause I (A)know what it's worth
To (D)tug at the (D/C#)seas and il(Bm)lumine the earth
(G)Oh, (A)I am calling the (Bm)moon (G)
(Em)Oh, (A)I am calling the (D)moon
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