Moonlight Shadow - Mike Oldfield

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

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[Verse 1]
            
The last that 

         
ever she saw h

im
             
Carried away b

             
y a moonlight 


shadow
            
He passed on w

           
orried and war

ning
             
Carried away b

             
y a moonlight 


shadow.
             
Lost in a ridd

        
le that Saturd

ay night
           
Far away on th

  
e other side.
             
He was caught 

              
in the middle 

     
of a desperate

 fight
            
And she couldn

             
't find how to

      
 push through

[Verse 2]
            
The trees that

              
 whisper in th

  
e evening
             
Carried away b

             
y a moonlight 


shadow
            
Sing a song of

            
 sorrow and gr

ieving
             
Carried away b

             
y a moonlight 


shadow
             
All she saw wa

    
s a silhouette

 of a gun
           
Far away on th

  
e other side.
             
He was shot si

             
x times by a m

an on the run
            
And she couldn

             
't find how to

      
 push through

[Bridge]
   
  I stay
   
  I pray
            
I see you in h

      
eaven far away
   
  I stay
   
  I pray
            
I see you in h

      
eaven   One da

y

[Verse 3]
            
Four am in the

 
 morning
             
Carried away b

             
y a moonlight 


shadow
            
I watched your

        
 vision formin

g
             
Carried away b

             
y a moonlight 


shadow
             
Star was light

      
 in a silvery 

night
           
Far away on th

  
e other side
             
Will you come 

           
to talk to me 

this night
            
But she couldn

             
't find how to

      
 push through

[Bridge]
   
  I stay
   
  I pray
            
I see you in h

      
eaven far away
   
  I stay
   
  I pray
            
I see you in h

      
eaven   One da

y

[Solo]
  
 
           
Far away on th

  
e other side.
 
  
 
[Ending]
             
Caught in the 

            
middle of a hu

ndred and five
             
The night was 

              
heavy but the 


air was alive
            
But she couldn

             
't find how to

      
 push through
              
Carried away b

             
y a moonlight 


shadow
              
Carried away b

             
y a moonlight 


shadow
           
Far away on th

  
e other side.

[Solo]
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(repeat and fade)