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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
flies
Dbmaj7/F
Golden sails across the
Golden sails across the
Ebm
sky
sky
Dbmaj7
Gb
Close enough to
Close enough to
Ab
touch
touch
But
Db/F
careful if you
careful if you
Gbmaj7
try
try
Ab
Though she
Ab/Gb
looks as warm as
looks as warm as
Bbm
gold
gold
Bbm/Ab
Bbm/Gb
The
Db/F
moon's a harsh
moon's a harsh
Ebm
mistress
mistress
Bbm
The
Bbm/Gb
moon can be so
moon can be so
Bbm/Gb
cold
cold
Db/F
Verse 2
Once a sun did
Gb
shine
shine
Fm
Lord it felt so
Lord it felt so
Ebm
fine
fine
Db
The
Gb
moon a phantom
moon a phantom
Ab
rose
rose
Ab/Gb
Through the
Fm
mountains and the
mountains and the
Gbadd2
pine
pine
Ab
And
Ab/Gb
then the darkness
then the darkness
Bbm
fell
fell
Bbm/Ab
Bbm/Gb
The
Fm
moon's a harsh
moon's a harsh
Ebm
mistress
mistress
Bbm
It's
Bbm/Ab
hard to love her
hard to love her
Gbmaj7
well
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
fell out of his
Emaj7
eyes
eyes
Badd2/Eb
I fell out of his
I fell out of his
Dbm7sus4
heart
heart
E/Gb
Badd2/Gb
I
E
fell down on my
fell down on my
Gb
face
face
I
B/Eb
tripped and I missed my
tripped and I missed my
Emaj7
star
star
Gb
I fell and fell a
Abm
lone
lone
Abm/Gb
Emaj7
The
B/Eb
moon's a harsh
moon's a harsh
Dbm
mistress
mistress
Abm
The
Abm/Gb
sky is made of
sky is made of
Emaj7
stone
stone
The moon's a harsh
Abm
mistress
mistress
She's hard to call your
E/B
own
own
B