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THE WHOLE OF THE MOON
Words & music: Mike Scott
On: The Waterboys, _This Is the Sea_

INTRO: Basically G C G D  C D C D  G, with some flourishes on the D's.

[progression 1:]
[GG Piano Chord 
]           DD Piano Chord 
       CC Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 

I pictured a rainbow, you held it in your hands
CC Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 
       CC Piano Chord 
    DD Piano Chord 

I had flashes, but you saw the plan
GG Piano Chord 
                     DD Piano Chord 
               CC Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 

I wandered out in the world for years, while you just stayed in your
CC Piano Chord 
                DD Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
                        GG Piano Chord 

room / I saw the crescent,  you saw the whole of the moon
CC Piano Chord 
                 GG Piano Chord 
    DD Piano Chord 

The whole of the moon

[progression 2:]
GG Piano Chord 
                                CC Piano Chord 

You were there at the turnstiles with the wind at your heels
GG Piano Chord 
                               DD Piano Chord 

You stretched for the stars and you know how it feels
EmEm Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 

To reach too high, too far, too soon
DD Piano Chord 
                        GG Piano Chord 

You saw the whole of the moon

[progression 1]
I was grounded while you filled the skies
I was dumbfounded by truth, you cut through lies
I saw the rain-dirty valley, you saw Brigadoon
I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moon

HORN SOLO

[progression 1]
I spoke about wings, you just flew
I wondered, I guessed and I tried--you just knew
I sighed...and you swooned
I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon

[progression 2]
The torch in your pocket and the wind at your heels
You climbed on the ladder and you know how it feels
To get too high, too far, too soon
You saw the whole of the moon
CC Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 

Yeah yeah yeah

GG Piano Chord 
                         CC Piano Chord 

BRIDGE: Unicorns and cannonballs, palaces and piers
GG Piano Chord 
                                    DD Piano Chord 

Trumpets, towers and tenements, wide oceans full of tears
EmEm Piano Chord 
                      DD Piano Chord 

Rags, rags, ferryboats, cylinders (?) and scarves
CC Piano Chord 
                               DD Piano Chord 

Every precious dream and vision underneath the stars
[backing vocals sing "the torch in your pocket" verse]

[progression 2]
Yes, you climbed on the ladder with the wind in your sails
You came like a comet blazing your trails
Too high, too far, too soon
You saw the whole of the moon
CC Piano Chord 
                 GG Piano Chord 
    DD Piano Chord 

The whole of the moon

Repeat G C G D

GG Piano Chord 
               CC Piano Chord 
                 GG Piano Chord 
           DD Piano Chord 

Oh, oh, oh, did you see the whole of the moon

Repeat some more, end on G