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Night of a Million Moons

Mary Karlzen
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

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

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