Intro
B G#m E C#m E Eadd9 C F# F#7 B E B
[Verse]
B G#dim C#m A#dim
The seasons they are turnin’ and my sad heart is yearnin’
B G#m C#9
To hear again the songbird’s sweet melodious tone
B G#m C#m7 F# C#m7 F# B E F#7
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Verse]
B G#dim C#m A#dim
The dusky light, the day is losing, Orchids, Poppies, Black-eyed Susan
B G#m C#9
The earth and sky that melts with flesh and bone
B G#m C#m7 F# C#m7 F# B E F#7
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Verse]
B G#dim C#m A#dim
The air is thick and heavy all along the levy
B G#m C#9
Where the geese into the countryside have flown
B G#m C#m7 F# C#m7 F# B E F#7
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Bridge]
E
Well, I’m preachin’ peace and harmony
C#m
The blessings of tranquility
E C#7
Yet I know when the time to strike is right
B
I’ll take you cross the river dear
G#dim C#m A#dim
You’ve no need to linger here
B F#7
know the kinds of things you like
[Verse]
B G#dim C#m A#dim
The clouds are turnin’ crimson–the leaves fall from the limbs an’
B G#m C#9
The branches cast their shadows over stone
B G#m C#m7 F# C#m7 F# B E F#7
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Verse]
B G#dim C#m A#dim
The boulevards of cypress trees, the masquerades of birds and bees
B G#m C#9
The petals, pink and white, the wind has blown
B G#m C#m7 F# C#m7 F# B E F#7
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Bridge]
E
The trailing moss and mystic glow
C#m
Purple blossoms soft as snow
E C#7
My tears keep flowing to the sea
B
Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief
G#dim C#m A#dim
It takes a thief to catch a thief
C#m7 F#7 B
For whom does the bell toll for, love?
F#7 B
It tolls for you and me
[Verse]
B G#dim C#m A#dim
My pulse is runnin’ through my palm–the sharp hills are rising from
B G#m C#9
The yellow fields with twisted oaks that groan
B G#m C#m7 F# C#m7 F# B
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?
[Outro]
B G#m C#m7 F# C#m7 F# B G6(9)
Won’t you meet me out in the moonlight alone?