Half Moon Chords

KeyG Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays526

Half Moon by Blind Pilot is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, Em, D, C/G and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G                            Em  D 
That morning sky gave me a look 
     C/G                  G  
So i left while you were sleeping 
       D 
that's all it took 
G                                    Em   D 
and i chalked a line south down the coast 
       C/G                 G 
going where my thirst was open 
         D 
for the things that i dont know 
       C/G           G 
going where i wasnt paying 
         D 
for the hurt that i owe 

   Em  D 

G                              Em     D 
one half moon sleeping by the creeks 
       C/G          G 
and a woman put me under 
     D 
her barn roof for a week 
G                            Em   D 
i knew her voice before she spoke 
         C/G           G 
i saw a grave dug by a preacher 
        Em                D 
just to see what it would make 
  
 
        C                     G    
so hold high have faith your reasons 
  Em                D 
(or you'll never get on) 
         C                      G 
don't you forget you come from nothing 
  Em                D 
(or you'll never get on) 
             C          G 
that wind is calling my name 
 Em     D          C         G     Em    D 
i wont wait or ill never get on 

Em    D 

G                           Em    D 
its not hard to live like a ghost 
       C/G                G 
i just haunt all that ive wanted 
          D 
and leave what i don't 
G                           Em   D 
i dreamt a trail up to the sky 
       C/G                G 
and my brothers built propellers 
        Em                 D 
just to see how far they'd fly 



        C                     G    
so hold high have faith your reasons 
  Em                D 
(or youll never get on) 
               C                G     
your flashing sparrows chasing with them 
  Em                D 
(or youll never get on) 
         C                    G 
dont you forget you come from nothing 
   Em               D 
(or youll never get on) 
              C         G 
that wind is calling my name 
 Em     D          C      G       Em    D 
i wont wait or ill never get on 
    	

Chord diagrams

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