Mike Oldfield, Moonlight Shadow (1983)
Key: :[B] (w: Mike Oldfield)
INTRO: [B] [F#] ^
[G#m]^
[E] [F#]
VERSE 1:
The
[G#m] last that ever she
[E] saw him
[F#] Carried away, by a
[B] moonlight
[F#] shadow
He
[G#m] passed on worried and
[E] warning
[F#] Carried away, by a
[B] moonlight
[F#] shadow
CHORUS 1:
[B] Lost in a riddle that
[F#] Saturday night
[G#m] Far a-
[E]-way, on the
[F#] other side
He was
[B] caught in the middle of a
[F#] desperate fight
And she
[G#m] couldn't find
[E] how to push
[F#] through
VERSE 2:
The
[G#m] trees that whisper in the
[E] evening
[F#] Carried away, by a
[B] moonlight
[F#] shadow
Sing a
[G#m] song of sorrow and
[E] grieving
[F#] Carried away, by a
[B] moonlight
[F#] shadow
CHORUS 2:
[B] All she saw was a silhou-
[F#]-ette of a gun
[G#m] Far a-
[E]-way, on the
[F#] other side
He was
[B] shot six times by a
[F#] man on the run
And she
[G#m] couldn't find
[E] how to push
[F#] through
BRIDGE:
[F# open] I stay,
[F# open] I pray
I'll see
[B] you in
[E] heaven,
[F#] far away
[F# open] I stay,
[F# open] I pray
I'll see
[B] you in
[E] heaven,
[F#] one day
VERSE 3:
[G#m] 4 A.M. in the
[E] morning
[F#] Carried away, by a
[B] moonlight
[F#] shadow
I
[G#m] watched your vision
[E] forming
[F#] Carried away, by a
[B] moonlight
[F#] shadow
CHORUS 3:
[B] Star was light in a
[F#] silvery night
[G#m] Far a-
[E]-way, on the
[F#] other side
Will you
[B] come to talk to
[F#] me this night
But she
[G#m] couldn't find
[E] how to push
[F#] through
BRIDGE:
[F# open] I stay,
[F# open] I pray
I'll see
[B] you in
[E] heaven,
[F#] far away
[F# open] I stay,
[F# open] I pray
I'll see
[B] you in
[E] heaven,
[F#] one day
INSTRUMENTAL 1: [over VERSE & CHORUS]
INSTRUMENTAL 2: [over VERSE]
CHORUS 2:
[B] Caught in the middle of a
[F#] hundred and five
^
[G#m] ^
[E] [F#]
The
[B] night was heavy but the
[F#] air was alive
but she
[G#m] couldn't find
[E] how to push
[F#] through