Blue Moon Rising Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays386

Blue Moon Rising by Matt Schmiesing is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords C#, Em, C, B, E7, A and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: C# - Em  - C - B - E7A  

E7                             A       E7                            A  
I can feel a blue moon rising from the distance of a dawn  

E7                              A            E7                            A   
I can hear the fading horizon. It’s closing my day into a song…  

                                     E                       A           E        
Chorus: And it’s gettin’ dark all around me, and I’m drowning is this   

A      E                                      A                  E               A                   
pain. I loved my umbrella when it rained, but it’s too late now; I’m drying in   

       C# - Em  - C - B - E7 - A - E - A - E - A  
the rain… (BRIDGE)  
   
                         E                                    A         E  
Chorus: And it’s gettin’ dark all around me, and I’m drowning is this   

A      E                                           A          E    (ABRUPT STOP)  
pain. I loved my umbrella when it rained, but it’s too late now; it’s   

                                                                     A          
too late  now, it’s too late now, it’s too late now…. I’m drying in   

        C#     E-A 
this pain     Yeah 


E7                             A       E7                            A  
I can feel a blue moon rising from the distance of a dawn  

E7                                A           E7                           A   
I can hear the fading horizon. It’s closing my day into a song…  


                                     E                      A         E        
Chorus: And it’s gettin’ dark all around me, and I’m drowning is this   

A      E                                      A                   E              A  
pain. I loved my umbrella when it rained, but it’s too late now; I’m drying in   

       C#      E-A   
this pain     Yeah -  

E7                                 A  
I can feel a blue moon rising…  

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante