Intro
F# D#m B G#m B Badd9 C C# C#7 F# B F#
[Verse]
F# G#dim G#m A#dim
The seasons they are turnin’ and my sad heart is yearnin’
F# D#m G#9
To hear again the songbird’s sweet melodious tone
F# D#m G#m7 C# G#m7 C# F# B C#7
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Verse]
F# G#dim G#m A#dim
The dusky light, the day is losing, Orchids, Poppies, Black-eyed Susan
F# D#m G#9
The earth and sky that melts with flesh and bone
F# D#m G#m7 C# G#m7 C# F# B C#7
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Verse]
F# G#dim G#m A#dim
The air is thick and heavy all along the levy
F# D#m G#9
Where the geese into the countryside have flown
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Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Bridge]
B
Well, I’m preachin’ peace and harmony
G#m
The blessings of tranquility
B G#7
Yet I know when the time to strike is right
F#
I’ll take you cross the river dear
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You’ve no need to linger here
F# C#7
know the kinds of things you like
[Verse]
F# G#dim G#m A#dim
The clouds are turnin’ crimson–the leaves fall from the limbs an’
F# D#m G#9
The branches cast their shadows over stone
F# D#m G#m7 C# G#m7 C# F# B C#7
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Verse]
F# G#dim G#m A#dim
The boulevards of cypress trees, the masquerades of birds and bees
F# D#m G#9
The petals, pink and white, the wind has blown
F# D#m G#m7 C# G#m7 C# F# B C#7
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Bridge]
B
The trailing moss and mystic glow
G#m
Purple blossoms soft as snow
B G#7
My tears keep flowing to the sea
F#
Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief
G#dim G#m A#dim
It takes a thief to catch a thief
G#m7 C#7 F#
For whom does the bell toll for, love?
C#7 F#
It tolls for you and me
[Verse]
F# G#dim G#m A#dim
My pulse is runnin’ through my palm–the sharp hills are rising from
F# D#m G#9
The yellow fields with twisted oaks that groan
F# D#m G#m7 C# G#m7 C# F#
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Outro]
F# D#m G#m7 C# G#m7 C# F# G6(9)
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?