Crescent Moon chords by Cowboy Junkies

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Intro 1
A 
G 
 (A major)  (G major) 
A 
G 
 (A major)  (G major) 
D 
A 
 (D major)  (A major) 
G 
Em 
 (G major)  (E minor) 
Bm 
 (B minor) 

Verse 1
Bm 
Reach a hand to the crescent  (B minor) 
moon
A 
G 
Grab  (A major) hold of the hollow  (G major) 
If she sits in the palm of the left
Bm 
That  (B minor) moon will be fuller tomorrow
If she sits in the palm of the right
A 
That moon  (A major) is on the wane
G 
And the  (G major) love of the one
F#m 
who shares  (F sharp minor) your bed
Em 
Will be doing  (E minor) just the same
Bm 
 (B minor) 

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Verse 2
Em 
Bm 
 (E minor) "Won't you come  (B minor) with me",
she said,
D 
F#m 
"there's plenty  (D major) of room  (F sharp minor) 
Bm 
in  (B minor) my   iron bed
A 
You're looking  (A major) cold and tired
Em 
And more  (E minor) than a little human
Bm 
F#m 
Bm 
 (B minor)  (F sharp minor)  (B minor) 
Em 
I know  (E minor) I'm not part of the
Bm 
life  (B minor) you had planned,
F#m 
But I think  (F sharp minor) once your body
Bm 
 (B minor) feels my hand
D 
Your mind  (D major) will change
A 
And your  (A major) heart will lose its
pain"
G 
A 
 (G major)  (A major) 

Verse 3
Bm 
 (B minor) 
A 
Out among the fields gently  (A major) hipped
Beneath the corn,
G 
Assiniboine  (G major) bones beneath the highway
Bm 
He stood  (B minor) there and he
thought of home
A finger traces the path of a satellite
A 
You're drawn  (A major) to a distant copse of trees
G 
F#m 
A  (G major) voice as sweet as Mare's  (F sharp minor) Tail
Em 
 (E minor) Clings to the prairie breeze
Bm 
 (B minor) 

Verse 4
Em 
Bm 
 (E minor) "Won't you come  (B minor) with me',
she said,
D 
"there's plenty  (D major) of room
Bm 
in  (B minor) my   iron bed
A 
You're looking  (A major) cold and tired
Em 
And more  (E minor) than a little human
Bm 
F#m 
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor)  (F sharp minor)  (B minor) I  (E minor) know I'm not part of
Bm 
the life  (B minor) you had planned,
F#m 
D 
Bm 
But I think  (F sharp minor) once your  (D major) body  (B minor) feels my hand
D 
Your  (D major) mind will change
A 
And your  (A major) heart will lose its

Interlude 1

pain"

Verse 5
A 
Do I  (A major) reach for you
G 
A 
When I know  (G major) you're on the wane?  (A major) 
Do I sense you when I know
G 
D 
 (G major) you're not around?  (D major) 
Do I search for you
A 
When I  (A major) know you can't be found?
G 
Do I dare to speak your  (G major) name?

Interlude 2

Verse 6
Bm 
Raise your eyes to a moonless  (B minor) sky
A 
And try to wish  (A major) upon a rising star
G 
 (G major) Search all you want for her blessing
Bm 
But you  (B minor) won't find
her sparkling there
Now cast your eyes to a part of the sky
A 
Where  (A major) nothing but darkness unfolds
G 
F#m 
And  (G major) watch as all around  (F sharp minor) you
Em 
She reveals the  (E minor) brilliance of secrets untold
Bm 
 (B minor) 

Verse 7
Em 
Bm 
 (E minor) Won't you come with me,  (B minor) 
she said,
F#m 
D 
There's  (F sharp minor) plenty of  (D major) room
Bm 
in  (B minor) my   iron bed
A 
You're looking  (A major) cold and tired
Em 
Bm 
And  (E minor) more than a little human  (B minor) 
Em 
 (E minor) I know I'm not part of the
Bm 
life  (B minor) you had planned,
F#m 
Bm 
But I think  (F sharp minor) once your body  (B minor) feels my hand
D 
Your  (D major) mind will change
A 
G 
And your  (A major) heart will lose it (G major) s pain

Outro 1
Em 
A 
Bm 
 (E minor)  (A major)  (B minor) 
A 
G 
 (A major)  (G major) 
A 
G 
 (A major)  (G major) 
D 
A 
 (D major)  (A major) 
G 
Em 
A 
 (G major)  (E minor)  (A major) 