To Be The Moon Chords
by Aaron Watson
To Be The Moon by Aaron Watson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Em, F and Fm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro C Em (x2)
Verse
C Em
Everybody wants to be a star
F C
But shooting stars always burn out way too soon
Em
And the sun is way too hot to hold
F C
And always leaves after every afternoon
F C
So it's not so bad to be the moon
F Fm C
No, it's not so bad to be the moon
Em C
So don't you dare duck behind the clouds and hide
Em C
You help children dream and you make lovers swoon
Em C
Don't you know you're strong enough to change the tide
F C
So it's not so bad to be the moon
F Fm C
No, it's not so bad to be the moon
Em C
Even poets say there's magic in your shine
Em C
Every night the whole wide world looks up to you
Em C
And to stare at the sun would leave them blind
F C
So it's not so bad to be the moon
F Fm C
No it's not so bad to be the moon
Interlude
F C x3
F Fm C
It's not so bad to be the moon
Em C
So don't you dare duck behind the clouds and hide
Em C
You help children dream and you make lovers swoon
Em C
Don't you know you're strong enough to change the tide
F C
So it's not so bad to be the moon
F C
No, it's not so bad to be the moon
F C
No, it's not so bad to be the moon
F Fm C Em
No, it's not so bad to be the moon
C Em
It's not so bad
Tag
C Em
Everybody wants to be a star
F Fm C
But shooting stars always burn out way too soon