The Boy With A Moon And Star On His Head - Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)
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The Boy With A Moon And Star On His Head by Cat Stevens
## This is a simpler version of the song which is easier to ##
## strum and sing along to, without all the fast picking riffs ##
## For those who want the picking version, I think it's listed under "Tabs" ##
VERSE 1:
A gardener's d
aughter stoppe
d me on my way
on the day I
was to wed,
"It is you who
I wish to sha
re my body wit
h", she said,
"We'll find a
dry place unde
r the sky with
a flower for
a bed,
And for my joy
I will give y
ou a boy with
a moon and sta
r............o
n his head."
VERSE 2:
Her silver hai
r flowed in th
e air, laying
waves across t
he suh-huh-hun
,
Her hands were
like the whit
e sands, and h
er eyes had di
a-monds on,
We left the ro
ad and headed
up to the top
of the Whisper
Wood,
And we walked
till we came t
o where the ho
ly mag-nolia s
tood.
There we lay c
/
ool in the sha
de singing son
gs and making
love---,
With the naked
earth beneath
us and the un
iverse above.
VERSE 3 (Whistle)
VERSE 4
The time was l
ate my wedding
wouldn't wait
, I was sad, b
ut I had to go
,
So while she w
as asleep I ki
ssed her cheek
for cheer-io,
The wedding to
ok place and p
/
eople came fro
m many miles a
-round
There was plen
ty merriment,
cider and wine
abound,
But, out of al
l that I recal
l, I remembere
d the girl I m
et,
'Cause she had
given me some
thing that my
heart could no
t forget.
VERSE 5
La, la, la! L
a-la, la!
La, la, la, la
! La-la, la-l
a, la , la-la,
la !
La-la, la! La
, la-la, la -
a!
VERSE 6
A year had pas
sed and everyt
hing was just
as it was the
year before---
-----
As it was the
year before,
Until the gift
that someone
left, a basket
by my door,
And in there l
ay the fairest
little baby c
rying to be fe
d
I got down on
my knees and k
issed the moon
& star.... Wo
h, oh-oh, ...
on his head.
VERSE 7
As years went
by the boy gre
w high and the
village looke
d on in awe,
They'd never s
een anything l
ike the boy wi
th the moon an
d star before,
And people wou
ld ride from f
/
ar and wide ju
st to seek the
word he sprea
d,
"I'll tell you
everything I'
ve learnt, and
love is all!"
, he said.
VERSE 8
La, la-la, l
a, la! La-la,
la-la, la!
La, la-la, l
a, la! La-la,
la-la, la , l
a-la, la !
La-la, la! La
, la-la, la, l
a, la!