The Moon Is Shining Somewhere Over The Sea Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays447

The Moon Is Shining Somewhere Over The Sea by Blackmore's Night is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, F, G, C, Dm and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: Am 

Verse 
Am 
Oh, the moon was shining 
F         G        Am 
Somewhere over the sea 
C                Am 
Oh, the moon was waiting 
    F        G       Am 
For you to return to me 

Verse 
                   G 
I haven't seen the day 
C         Dm    G  E7 
Since you went away__ 
C                Am 
Oh, the moon was shining 
F         G        Am 
Somewhere over the sea 

Verse 
                         G 
There's been no light of day 
C         Dm    G  E7 
Since you went away__ 
C                Am 
Oh, the moon was shining 
F         G        Am 
Somewhere over the sea 

Verse 
Am 
Oh, the snow was falling 
F           G            Am 
Colder than winters I've known 
C                Am 
Oh, the snow was falling 
F       G          Am 
Icicles turning to stone 

Verse 
                  G 
Still I wish on a star 
C             Dm       G  E7 
Come back wherever you are__ 
C                Am 
Oh, the snow was falling 
F            G          Am 
Colder since I've been alone 

Instrumental: Am 

Verse 
Am 
Oh, the stars stopped glowing 
F      G              Am 
On the night that you left 
C                    Am 
Oh, the wind stopped blowing 
F           G           Am 
All I could hold was my breath 

Verse 
                  G 
Still I have to believe 
C          Dm      G  E7 
You will return to me___ 
C                     Am 
Oh, the stars stopped glowing 
F      G              Am 
On the night that you left 

Verse 
                  G 
Still I have to believe 
C          Dm      G  E7 
You will return to me___ 
C                     Am 
Oh, the stars stopped glowing 
F      G              Am 
On the night that you left 

Instrumental 
Am 
G  Am  G  E7 
Am     F G Am   C   Am   F G Am 
Am   G   C  Dm  G E7  C   Am   F G Am 

Verse 
                  G 
Still I have to believe 
C          Dm      G  E7 
You will return to me___ 
C                Am 
Oh, the snow was falling 
F           G            Am 
Colder than winters I've known 

Verse 
C                          Am 
Oh, the stars have stopped glowing 
F           G           Am 
As my heart turned into stone 
F         G        Am 
Somewhere over the sea 
F          G       Am 
You will return to me 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante