The Boy With A Moon And Star On His Head chords

Cat Stevens

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verse 1: 

  D                   G/D              D          G     A      D  
A gardener's daughter stopped me on my way on the day I was to wed, 
       Em        G                Em   A          D  
"It is you who I wish to share my body with", she said, 
        D                G/D       D          G     A     D   
"We'll find a dry place under the sky with a flower for a bed, 
            Em         G                    Em       A   Em A  Em A          D  
And for my joy I will give you a boy with a moon and star............on his head." 
  
                   

verse 2: 

     D           G/D          D            G     A         F#m Em  D 
Her silver hair flowed in the air, laying waves across the suh-huh-hun, 
    Em                  G                    Em        A        D   
Her hands were like the white sands, and her eyes had dia-monds on, 
    D                G/D    D         G           A       D  
We left the road and headed up to the top of the Whisper Wood, 
       Em             G                 Em       A7    D 
And we walked till we came to where the holy mag-nolia stood. 
  D          G/D          D            G         A      F#m  Bm   Em  A 
There we lay cool in the shade singing songs and making love---, 
         Em             G               Em  A7     D  
With the naked earth beneath us and the universe above. 


verse 3 (Whistle) 
  D      G   A     D   D4 D2 D   G   A     D Bm A G       A 


verse 4 
     D                G/D             D           Bm         A      D  
The time was late my wedding wouldn't wait, I was sad, but I had to go, 
    Em            G                  Em        A7    D  
So while she was asleep I kissed her cheek for cheer-io, 
     D                     G/D    D         G     A      D    A  D  B   E   A    D 
The wedding took place and people came from many miles a-round 
Em                G         Em        A      D  
There was plenty merriment, cider and wine abound, 
     D              G/D  D          G            A     D  
But, out of all that I recall, I remembered the girl I met, 
       Em                G                Em          A       D  
'Cause she had given me something that my heart could not forget. 

	 
VERSE 5 

D      G        A      D   D4 D2 D    
La, la, la!  La-la, la!  
D 	 G        A             D    Bm A   G          
La, la, la, la!  La-la, la-la, la , la-la, la ! 
                 A          D   
La-la, la!  La, la-la, la - a! 


VERSE 6 

   D                   G/D            D         G       A     F#m        Bm 
A year had passed and everything was just as it was the year before-------- 
      G       A       D  
As it was the year  before, 
  Em                 G              Em     A      D  
Until the gift that someone left, a basket by my door, 
    D                 G/D            D    G     A      D  
And in there lay the fairest little baby crying to be fed 
   Em            G                    Em     A  Em A  Em   A                 D 
I got down on my knees and kissed the moon & star.... Woh, oh-oh,  ...on his head. 
         
              

VERSE 7 

    D                G/D       D            G             A     D  
As years went by the boy grew high and the village looked on in awe, 
        Em                  G                    Em       A      D  
They'd never seen anything like the boy with the moon and star before, 
     D                     G/D     D            G        A       D 
And people would ride from far and wide just to seek the word he spread, 
       Em            G                      Em     A7         D  
"I'll tell you everything I've learnt, and love is all!", he said. 


VERSE 8  

D 	    G        A             D   D4 D2 D     
  La, la-la, la, la!  La-la, la-la, la!  
D 	    G        A             D    Bm A   G          
  La, la-la, la, la!  La-la, la-la, la , la-la, la ! 
                 A              D   D4  D2  D 
La-la, la!  La, la-la, la, la, la!