Intro
E C#m A F#m A Aadd9 C B B7 E A E
[Verse]
E G#dim F#m A#dim
The seasons they are turnin’ and my sad heart is yearnin’
E C#m F#9
To hear again the songbird’s sweet melodious tone
E C#m F#m7 B F#m7 B E A B7
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Verse]
E G#dim F#m A#dim
The dusky light, the day is losing, Orchids, Poppies, Black-eyed Susan
E C#m F#9
The earth and sky that melts with flesh and bone
E C#m F#m7 B F#m7 B E A B7
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Verse]
E G#dim F#m A#dim
The air is thick and heavy all along the levy
E C#m F#9
Where the geese into the countryside have flown
E C#m F#m7 B F#m7 B E A B7
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Bridge]
A
Well, I’m preachin’ peace and harmony
F#m
The blessings of tranquility
A F#7
Yet I know when the time to strike is right
E
I’ll take you cross the river dear
G#dim F#m A#dim
You’ve no need to linger here
E B7
know the kinds of things you like
[Verse]
E G#dim F#m A#dim
The clouds are turnin’ crimson–the leaves fall from the limbs an’
E C#m F#9
The branches cast their shadows over stone
E C#m F#m7 B F#m7 B E A B7
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Verse]
E G#dim F#m A#dim
The boulevards of cypress trees, the masquerades of birds and bees
E C#m F#9
The petals, pink and white, the wind has blown
E C#m F#m7 B F#m7 B E A B7
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Bridge]
A
The trailing moss and mystic glow
F#m
Purple blossoms soft as snow
A F#7
My tears keep flowing to the sea
E
Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief
G#dim F#m A#dim
It takes a thief to catch a thief
F#m7 B7 E
For whom does the bell toll for, love?
B7 E
It tolls for you and me
[Verse]
E G#dim F#m A#dim
My pulse is runnin’ through my palm–the sharp hills are rising from
E C#m F#9
The yellow fields with twisted oaks that groan
E C#m F#m7 B F#m7 B E
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Outro]
E C#m F#m7 B F#m7 B E G6(9)
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?