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The moon's a harsh mistress

Jimmy Webb.

This song by Jimmy Webb is sung by many artists, but the norwegian jazz-singer Radka Toneff with pianist Steve Dobrogosz has been my absolute favorite.
Modified 03.09.2019

Verse 1


See her how she
Gb
⁠flies
Dbmaj7/F
⁠ Golden sails across the
Ebm
⁠sky
Dbmaj7
Gb
⁠Close enough to
Ab
⁠touch

But
Db/F
⁠careful if you
Gbmaj7
⁠try
Ab

Though she
Ab/Gb
⁠looks as warm as
Bbm
⁠gold
Bbm/Ab
Bbm/Gb

The
Db/F
⁠moon's a harsh
Ebm
⁠mistress
Bbm

The
Bbm/Gb
⁠moon can be so
Bbm/Gb
⁠cold
Db/F

Verse 2


Once a sun did
Gb
⁠shine
Fm
⁠ Lord it felt so
Ebm
⁠fine
Db

The
Gb
⁠moon a phantom
Ab
⁠rose
Ab/Gb

Through the
Fm
⁠mountains and the
Gbadd2
⁠pine
Ab

And
Ab/Gb
⁠then the darkness
Bbm
⁠fell
Bbm/Ab
Bbm/Gb

The
Fm
⁠moon's a harsh
Ebm
⁠mistress
Bbm

It's
Bbm/Ab
⁠hard to love her
Gbmaj7
⁠well
Ebm
Db

Instumental (down)

C
F9
Cmaj7/E
Am
Dm
C
F
Gsus4
G
Cadd2/E
F
G/F
Am
Am/G
Am/F
C/E
Dm7
Am
Am/G
F
C/E

Verse 3 (down)


I
Badd2/Eb
⁠fell out of his
Emaj7
⁠eyes
Badd2/Eb
⁠I fell out of his
Dbm7sus4
⁠heart
E/Gb
Badd2/Gb

I
E
⁠fell down on my
Gb
⁠face

I
B/Eb
⁠tripped and I missed my
Emaj7
⁠star
Gb

I fell and fell a
Abm
⁠lone
Abm/Gb
Emaj7

The
B/Eb
⁠moon's a harsh
Dbm
⁠mistress
Abm

The
Abm/Gb
⁠sky is made of
Emaj7
⁠stone

The moon's a harsh
Abm
⁠mistress

She's hard to call your
E/B
⁠own
B