Date: Mon, 23 Dec 96 01:16:32 CSTFrom: Ben WeissSubject: CRD: Waterboys, "The Whole of the Moon"THE WHOLE OF THE MOONWords & music: Mike ScottOn: 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:GD C GI pictured a rainbow, you held it in your handsC D C DI had flashes, but you saw the planG D C DI wandered out in the world for years, while you just stayed in yourC D C D Groom / I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moonC G DThe whole of the moonprogression 2:G CYou were there at the turnstiles with the wind at your heelsG DYou stretched for the stars and you know how it feelsEm D CTo reach too high, too far, too soonD GYou saw the whole of the moonprogression 1I was grounded while you filled the skiesI was dumbfounded by truth, you cut through liesI saw the rain-dirty valley, you saw BrigadoonI saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moonHORN SOLOprogression 1I spoke about wings, you just flewI wondered, I guessed and I tried--you just knewI sighed...and you swoonedI saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moonThe whole of the moonprogression 2The torch in your pocket and the wind at your heelsYou climbed on the ladder and you know how it feelsTo get too high, too far, too soonYou saw the whole of the moonC G DYeah yeah yeahG CBRIDGE: Unicorns and cannonballs, palaces and piersG DTrumpets, towers and tenements, wide oceans full of tearsEm DRags, rags, ferryboats, scimitars and scarvesC DEvery precious dream and vision underneath the starsbacking vocals sing "the torch in your pocket" verseprogression 2Yes, you climbed on the ladder with the wind in your sailsYou came like a comet blazing your trailsToo high, too far, too soonYou saw the whole of the moonC G DThe whole of the moonRepeat G C G DG C G DOh, oh, oh, did you see the whole of the moonRepeat some more, end on G
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