Moonshadow - Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

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Capo: Fret 4
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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Howdy - here's my version of this cool Cat Stevens song . . .  If you thumb-strum 
the chords quickly (double time) to the beat of the song, sounds pretty 
cool . . .  Send any comments to yofred@fredgatchell.com

Moonshadow – Cat Stevens     1970: Tea For The Tillerman              CAPO 4
                                                        (for my voice range)

Intro Riff (chords):   ( . . . . . . . .     )

Intro Refrain: 
             
As I'm bein' f

              
ollowed by a m

              
oonshadow, moo

           
nshadow, moons

        
hadow
             
Leapin and hop

              
pin' on a moon

             
shadow, moonsh

            
adow, moonshad

     
ow

Stanzas 1 & 2:
            
And if I ever 

            
lose my hands,

            
 lose my ploug

           
h, lose my lan


d,
            
Oh if I ever l

            
ose my hands, 

        
away . . . . .

            
 . . . . . . I

             
 won't have to

   
 work
           
no more.

            
And if I ever 

            
lose my eyes, 

            
if my colors a

      
ll run dry,
            
Yes if I ever 

            
lose my eyes, 

        
away . . . . .

            
 . . . . . . I

             
 won't have to

   
 cry
           
no more.

Refrain:
             
Yes, I'm bein’

              
 followed by a

              
 moonshadow, m

           
oonshadow, moo

          
nshadow
             
Leapin and hop

              
pin' on a moon

             
shadow, moonsh

           
adow, moonshad

      
ow

Stanzas 3 & 4:
            
And if I ever 

            
lose my legs, 

            
I won't moan, 

          
and I won't be

g,
            
Oh if I ever l

           
ose my legs, a

        
way . . . . . 

              
. . . . . . . 

 
I won't have t

o
           
walk no more.

     

            
And if I ever 

            
lose my mouth,

            
 all my teeth,

           
 north and sou


th,
            
Yes if I ever 

            
lose my mouth,

         
 away . . . . 

            
. . . . . . . 

           
. I won't have

 to
      
talk.

Transition:    Repeat Intro Riff (2x)

Bridge:
            
Did it take lo

             
ng to find me?

            
  I asked the 

           
faithful light

.
            
Oh did it take

             
 long to find 

            
me?  And are y

              
ou gonna stay 

  
the night?

Refrain:
             
I'm bein' foll

              
owed by a moon

              
shadow, moonsh

          
adow, moonshad

     
ow

             
A Leapin and h

              
oppin' on a mo

              
onshadow, [moo

           
nshadow, moons

       
hadow] – 2 ext

ra times

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