who built the moon chords by
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Key: E major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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One there was a pilgrim,

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He was lonely as a broom

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He had the idea, to build the moon

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He Started with an onion,

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and then he let it dry,

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He rang it like a bell and

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it made him cry,

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The he covered it up, with dust and dirt

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Then he made it hollow,

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so it wouldn't hurt

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Then he cut the ropes,

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and it cam unwound

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Then he raised it up,

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up off them ground

Verse 2

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Now the moon is a hangin in

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the sky

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Shankin the oceans

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and moving the tide

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And if his calculations,

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was not true

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Then we may not be lonely,

looking at the moon

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Verse 3

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Somebody once asked,

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the astronauts, Who built the moon

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But they would not, talk about the pilgrim,

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and his lonely shell

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Looking down on the earth, all by his self

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But they was really worried,

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about his lonely bones

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Said can we send a mission,

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to bring him home

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But by the time the apollo, it touched down,

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he was hiding in a hole, under ground

Verse 4

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Now the moon is a hangin in

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the sky

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Shankin the oceans and

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moving the tide

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And if his calculations,

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was not true

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Then we may not be lonely looking at the moon

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Interlude 1

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Then he covered it up

Verse 5

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,

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with dust and dirt

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And he made it hollow,

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so it wouldn't hurt

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Then he cut the ropes,

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and it came unwound

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Then he raised it up,

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up off them ground

Verse 6

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Now the moon is a hangin in

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the sky

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Shankin the oceans

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and moving the tide

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And if his calculations,

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was not true

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Then we may not be lonely

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looking at the moon

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A lookin at the moon

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A lookin at the moon

Outro 1

A lookin at the moon

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Chords

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Em
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A

Capo: 2

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The original key of who built the moon by Shinyribs is E major.

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