Beneath A Desert Moon chords by
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Key: C major
Intro 1
C
C

Verse 1
C
C

From the mountains on the
moon to the mighty delta
From the deserts of the West
to the shining sea
Beneath the canopy of stars flows
G
G

the serpent river
C
C

Flowing through my father's
land that he left to me
Verse 2
C
C

From the baker, to the priest,
to the candle maker
F
F

C
C

From the highest to the low
in my father's land
We make our offer to the sun
'fore the break of morning
Or else everything we have
will just turn to sand
Verse 3
Am
Am

G
G

I have a lot to ask
Dm
Dm

Em
Em

F
F

I have a lot that I need to say
Dm
Dm

I have so much do
G
G

Dm
Dm

Em
Em

F
F

And all I need is another day
Verse 4
F
F

C
C

From the soldier, to the scribe,
to the carpet maker
All the different colored
threads in a carpet loom
A woven tapestry of life
is our mighty nation
This is the writing on the wall
of my father's tomb
Verse 5
Dm
Dm

G
G

We have a lot to ask
Dm
Dm

Em
Em

F
F

We have a lot that we need to say
Dm
Dm

We have so much do
G
G

Dm
Dm

Em
Em

F
F

And all we need is another day
Verse 6
F
F

Dm
Dm

G
G

Beneath the desert moon, I call you
Dm
Dm

Am
Am

G
G

Be neath the desert moon, I sing
Dm
Dm

C
C

Beneath the desert moon, so lonely
F
F

I'm just a boy who would be
Interlude 1
king
G
G

Am
Am

F
F

Dm
Dm

F
F

F#dim
F#dim

F
F

Ab
Ab

With just the moon
Verse 7
Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

to guide us
F#
F#

Ab
Ab

Bb
Bb

F#
F#

We sometimes lose our way
Ab
Ab

Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

Ab
Ab

If there's a light inside us
F#
F#

We'll follow it to the
Ebm
Ebm

Fsus4
Fsus4

F
F

brightness of the day
Verse 8
C
C

Every single blade of grass,
every yellow flower
Every ripple on the sea of the blue,
blue Nile
Every leaf on every tree,
every single creature
From the smallest little bird,
to the crocodile
Verse 9
Dm
Dm

We have a lot to ask
G
G

Dm
Dm

Em
Em

F
F

We have a lot that we need to say
Dm
Dm

We have so much do
G
G

Dm
Dm

Em
Em

F
F

And all we need is another day
G
G

Be neath the
Verse 10
F
F

C
C

desert moon, I call you
Am
Am

C
C

Beneath the desert moon, we sing
Dm
Dm

Beneath the desert moon,
C
C

we're waiting
F
F

C
C

Before the coming of the king
Verse 11
Dm
Dm

Beneath the desert moon
C
C

that's sinking
F
F

C
C

We see the Eastern sky's on fire
This is where darkness leaves
And shining waters fall
G
G

And let the shadows run
C
C

And we'll say, "welcome to the sun"
Brand new day... From the mountains of the moon
Verse 12
C
C

to the mighty
delta
C
C

From the deserts of the West
C
C

to the shining sea
C
C

Beneath the canopy of stars flowed
the serpent river
C
C

Flowing through my father's
land that he left to me.

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