Half Moon Chords
by Waxahatchee
Half Moon by Waxahatchee is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, D/E, A and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Figure 1:
D D/E D D/E D D/E D D/E
e:---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------
b:---------------------------------------- ------2-2--------2-2--------2-2-------2--2---
G:---------------------------------------- OR --2---2-2--------2-2----2---2-2-------2--2---
D:--------7--------7---------7---------7-- --0---0-0--0-----0-0--0-0---0-0-0-----0--0-0-
A:--5-----5--7-----7--5------5--7------7-- -------------2-----2--------------2------2---
E:---------------------------------------- -------------0-----0--------------0------0---
Piano-style (how it was recorded) more "guitareque" approach if you prefer^^
Intro:
A
A
Curious impulse drifting slow in a state
E
In the darkness, in music, our imperfect escape
D D/E D D/E (see Fig. 1)
You're a good girl, a daughter of liars avenged
D D/E D D/E
And you paint such a picture, the departed, unhinged you make a splash
D E A
You're adored by strangers through glass
A
When we fuck up our rhythm this idea is a curse
E
I invite myself in and I think I kissed you first
D D/E D D/E (see Fig. 1)
But this glimpse at the past, it is tattered and trite
D D/E D D/E E (see Fig. 1)
Our love tastes like sugar but it pulls all the life out of me
D E A
Out of me
A
You cry to an old friend, to a hole in your heart
E
To a ghost in the fading strokes of your glorious art
D D/E D D/E (see Fig. 1)
And she lied when she said she would call you today
D D/E D D/E E
And you know I couldn't blame her the pain that you make it never dies
D E A
I hung it up in a wistful disguise
A
E
D D/E D D/E (see Fig. 1)
D D/E D D/E (see Fig. 1)
D E A