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NIGHT OF A MILLION MOONS (Mary Karlzen)
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[The chords are kind of hard to define; see the tab at the end for a better
 idea of what's going on.]

C   F   C   F     C   F   C   F
[intro]

                C    F
What seemed to be
           C        F
A million years ago
                         C               F                      C    F
When the summers were as endless as the days and the sky was as lazy
              C    F
My mother and I
                 C          F
Would sit on the concrete steps
              G         F           G     F
And watch the wind blow through the grass
           G       D7/F#                    F
We saw the dogs run,  and watched my brothers pass

                   C      F
And I looked at my mother
                C               F
As we silently watched the wind
        G     F      G    F
And without a single word
     G       D7/F#       F
We'd rise up,     and go in

C                Bb           G           G
  Welcome to the night of a million moons
C                 Bb                G         G
  Welcome to the future which comes all too soon
      F                G                    F               Am
And I reached for the light as if I could stop the past somehow
     F        G                C    F
From colliding against what is now
                C    F                    C   F
Welcome to the night   of a million moons
C   F   C   F
[repeat and fade instrumental]



GUITAR 1:

[This is the part that's played through most of the verse, where the
 chords are C and F over and over.]

  C                F                C                F
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ------------1=0-|----------------|------------1=0-|----------------|
G --------0-------|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|
D ----2-----------|----------------|----2-----------|----------------|
A 3---------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------|
E ----------------|1---------------|----------------|1---------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .


GUITAR 2:

[This goes all the way from the beginning of the song through the
 words, "watched my brothers pass."]
["T" is the tenth fret.]

  C                F                C                F
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----8-7---------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|--------8---8/T-|
G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

  C                F                C                F
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G 7/9-------------|----7-9-9/T--9--|----------------|----------------|
D ----------------|----------------|T---------------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
                                                         What seemed to be

  C                F                C                F
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
                      A million years ago             When the summers were as

  C                F                C                F
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --8---8---8---8-|--8---8---8---8-|--8---8---8---8-|----------------|
G 9---9---9---9---|T---T---T---T---|9---9---9---9---|T---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
 endless as the days and the sky was as lazy             My mother and I

  C                F                C                F
E --------8-------|----------------|--------8-------|----------------|
B ----8-------8---|----------------|----8-------8---|----------------|
G 9---------------|T---------------|9---------------|T---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
                    Would sit on the concrete steps          And watch the

  G                F                G                F
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D ----------------|----------------|------------0---|----0-2-3---2-3-|
A ----------------|----------------|------0-2-3-----|2-3-------------|
E 3---------------|1---------------|3---3-----------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
  wind        blow through      the grass                We  saw  the

  G                D7/F#            F
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G 0-----------5-4-|------------5---|----------------|----------------|
D ----------------|4---------------|3---------------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
  dogs run           And watched my brothers pass



- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/

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