Moonshadow - Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

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                Moonshadow – Cat Stevens
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Written by: Cat Stevens
From: “Teaser and the Firecat” (1970)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: soprano C / baritone G

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[Verse] / [Intro] basic pattern

soprano C
             
  1 + 2 + 3 + 

        
4 +  1 + 2 + 3

             
 + 4 +  1 + 2 

          
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +

 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|0---0-0-----
E|2---2-2-----
C|--2-------2-
g|2-------2---

----|0--------
3-2-|3---3---2
----|--2---2--
----|0-------2

-------|------
---2---|----3-
-2-----|--2---
-------|0-----

2-----0---|---
----------|---
----2-----|--2
--0-------|2--

-------------|
-0h2---------|
-----2-------|
-------------|

baritone G
             
  1 + 2 + 3 + 

        
4 +  1 + 2 + 3

             
 + 4 +  1 + 2 

          
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +

 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|5---5-5-----
B|3---3-3-----
G|--2-------2-
D|0-------0---

3-2-|3-------2
----|----3----
----|--2---2--
----|0-------0

-------|----3-
-3-----|--0-0-
-------|0-----
----4--|------

3---------|---
0---0-----|---
--0---2---|--2
----------|0--

-0h2---------|
-3-----------|
-------------|
-----0-------|

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CHORDS
         g-C-E
Dsus4    2-2-3
Dmaj7    2-1-2
Em7      0-2-0

-A   D-G-B-e
-0   0-2-3-3
-0   0-2-2-2
-2   2-0-3-0

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[Intro]
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[Chorus]
             
Oh, I'm bein' 

              
followed by a 

 
moon- shadow
            
Moonshadow, mo

  
onshadow
             
Leapin and hop

          
pin' on a moon

 
- shadow
            
Moonshadow, mo

  
onshadow


[Verse 1]
            
And if I ever 

       
lose my hands
            
Lose my plough

         
, lose my land
            
Oh, if I ever 

       
lose my hands
           
Oh, i-i-i-i-i,

     
 i-i-i-i---if
           
I won't have t

         
o work no more


[Verse 2]
            
And if I ever 

       
lose my eyes
            
If my colours 

       
all run dry
            
Yes, if I ever

        
 lose my eyes
           
Oh, i-i-i-i-i,

     
 i-i-i-i---if
           
I won't have t

        
o cry no more


[Chorus]
             
Yes, I'm bein'

              
 followed by a

  
 moon- shadow
            
Moonshadow, mo

  
onshadow
             
Leapin and hop

          
pin' on a moon

 
- shadow
            
Moonshadow, mo

  
onshadow


[Verse 3]
            
And If I ever 

       
lose my legs
            
I won't moan, 

           
and I won't be

g
            
Yes if I ever 

       
lose my legs
           
Oh, i-i-i-i-i,

     
 i-i-i-i---if
           
I won't have t

         
o walk no more

.


[Verse 4]
            
And if I ever 

       
lose my mouth
            
All my teeth, 

         
north and sout

h
            
Yes, if I ever

        
 lose my mouth
           
Oh, i-i-i-i-i,

     
 i-i-i-i---if
           
I won't have t

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o talk ...
              (break)

[Interlude]
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[Middle 8]
             
“Did it take l

       
ong to find me

?”
             
I asked the fa

       
ithful light
             
“Did it take l

       
ong to find me

?
             
And are you go

             
nna stay the n

  
i-i-i-ight?”


[Chorus]
             
I'm bein' foll

          
owed by a moon

 
- shadow
            
Moonshadow, mo

  
onshadow
             
Leapin and hop

          
pin' on a moon

 
- shadow
            
Moonshadow, mo

  
onshadow


[Coda]
            
Moonshadow, mo

  
onshadow
            
Moonshadow, mo

          
onshadow

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