Moonlight Shadow original guitar chords by 
Mike Oldfield 
Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
B
C#m
A
B
Verse 1
C#m
A
The last that ever she saw him
B
E
B
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
C#m
A
He passed on worried and warning
B
E
B
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
E
B
Lost in a riddle that Saturday night
C#m
A
B
Far away on the other side
C#m
A
B
And she couldn't find how to push through
Verse 2
C#m
A
The trees that whisper in the evening
B
E
B
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
C#m
A
Sing a song of sorrow and grieving
B
E
B
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
E
B
All she saw was a silhouette of a gun
C#m
A
B
Far away on the other side
E
B
He was shot six times by a man on the run
C#m
A
B
And she couldn't find how to push through
Bridge 1
B
E/B
B
B
E/B
B
I stay, I pray
E
A
B
E/B
B
See you in heaven far a way
B
E/B
B
B
E/B
B
I stay, I pray
E
A
B
E/B
B
See you in heaven one day
Verse 3
C#m
A
Four A.M. in the morning
B
E
B
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
C#m
A
I watched your vision forming
B
E
B
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
E
B
Stars roll slowly in a silvery night
C#m
A
B
Far away on the other side
E
B
Will you come to terms with me this night
C#m
A
B
But she couldn't find how to push through
Bridge 2
B
E/B
B
B
E/B
B
I stay, I pray
E
A
B
E/B
B
See you in heaven far a way
B
E/B
B
B
E/B
B
I stay, I pray
E
A
B
E/B
B
See you in heaven one day
Solo 1
C#m
A
B
E
B
C#m
A
B
E
B
E
B
C#m
A
B
Far away on the other side
E
B
C#m
A
B
Solo 2
C#m
A
B
E
B
C#m
A
B
E
B
Verse 4
E
B
Caught in the middle of a hundred and five
C#m
A
B
E
B
The night was heavy and the air was alive
C#m
A
B
But she couldn't find how to push through
Outro 1
C#m
A
B
E
B
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
C#m
A
B
E
B
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
E
B
C#m
A
B
Far away on the other side
E
B
C#m
A
B
But she couldn't find how to push through
[Fade out]
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B C#m A E/B
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