• Song:

    Painted Moon

  • Artist:

    Silencers

An obscure, but very nice melodic song from 1987.  There are 3 chord versions here: the
4:04 single, the 6:38 blues mix, and the 8:00 extended version.  Both the single and the
blues mix were available on the UK CD single along with 2 other tunes, and on the 
Silencers first album "A Letter from St. Paul".  I haven't found where the extended version
came from, but it may be a US only mix.  All 3 are great tunes on their own.  Times 
shown are elapsed time from the start; by Marty Lurvey.  http://www.thesilencers.info/


Single Version (4:04 long)

    Riff
e|--------------------|
B|--3--2--------------|
G|--------2--0-2--4---|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
    D  C# A  G A  B


Intro  < drums & lead guitar >      0:08

Verse 1
                        Riff
E     A     E     A     Bm
        Woo hoo,    woo hoo,
                    Riff
Walking home in the rain
                      Riff
Blood runs cold in my veins
                    Riff
News from a distant shore
                   E     A
Blues like never before              0:33
            E     A
The moon is new
            Riff      Riff
            Bm
The moon is full
            E     A     E     A
The moon is blue
            F#
The moon is cruel, painted moon.    1:00


Chorus
              Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
             D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
               A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
                A Asus2 A
So the angels say.       1:15
               Bm Bm7 Bm
Running to the rescue,
                  D Dsus4 D
Angels flying up above,
               A Asus4 A
Phantoms in the bay,
                  A Asus2 A
While the natives pray
               Riff
               Bm
To the painted moon      1:34

Verse 2
                       Riff
I wash my face and get dressed
                  Riff
Time cuts into my wrist
                   Riff
So who invents our dreams
                          E     A
The hands that hold the machine   1:50
            E     A
The moon is blue
            F#
The moon is cruel, painted moon   2:02

Chorus
              Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
             D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
             A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
               A Asus2 A
So the angels say.        2:17
               Bm Bm7 Bm
Running to the rescue,
              D Dsus4 D
Angels flying up above,
            A Asus4 A
Phantoms in the bay,
                  A Asus2 A
While the natives pray,
               Bm / / /  / / / /  D / / /  / / / /  A / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
To the painted moon,                        painted moon,                      painted

Bm / / /  / / / /  D / / /  / / / /  A / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
Moon,                        painted moon.                              3:03


Chorus & outro
              Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
             D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
             A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
               A Asus2 A
So the angels say.      3:18
               Bm Bm7 Bm
Running to the rescue,
              D Dsus4 D
Angels flying up above,
            A Asus4 A
Phantoms in the bay,
                  A Asus2 A
While the natives pray,
               G     Bm
To the painted moon, ooooo,  3:41
        Riff     Riff
Painted moon,
        Riff     Riff
Painted moon,    oooo,
        Riff     Riff
Painted moon...     < fadeout >   4:04


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Blues Mix (6:38 long)

    Riff
e|--------------------|
B|--3--2--------------|
G|--------2--0-2--4---|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
    D  C# A  G A  B


Intro  < drums & keyboard & bass & some voice >   0:41
       < drums & bass & some voice & harmonica >   1:32
 < drums & bass & some voice & lead guitar >   2:26

Verse 1
                        Riff
E     A     E     A     Bm
                    Riff
Walking home in the rain,
                      Riff
Blood runs cold in my veins,
                    Riff
News from a distant shore,
                   E     A
Blues like never before,              2:51
            E     A
The moon is new
            Riff      Riff
            Bm
The moon is full,
            E     A     E     A
The moon is blue,
            F#
The moon is cruel, painted moon.    3:18


Chorus
              Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
             D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
               A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
               A Asus2 A
So the angels say.      3:33
               Bm Bm7 Bm
Running to the rescue,
                  D Dsus4 D
Angels flying up above,
               A Asus4 A
Phantoms in the bay,
                  A Asus2 A
While the natives pray
               Riff
               Bm
To the painted moon      3:51

Verse 2
                       Riff
I wash my face and get dressed,
                  Riff
Time cuts into my wrist,
                   Riff
So who invents our dreams,
                          E     A
The hands that hold the machine,   4:08
            E     A
The moon is blue,
            F#
The moon is cruel, painted moon.   4:19

Chorus
              Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
             D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
             A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
               A Asus2 A
So the angels say.      4:35
               Bm Bm7 Bm
Running to the rescue,
              D Dsus4 D
Angels flying up above,
            A Asus4 A
Phantoms in the bay,
                  A Asus2 A
While the natives pray,
               Bm / / /  / / / /  D / / /  / / / /  A / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
To the painted moon,                        painted moon,                      painted

Bm / / /  / / / /  D / / /  / / / /  A / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
Moon,                        painted moon.                              5:21


Chorus & outro
              Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
             D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
             A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
               A Asus2 A
So the angels say.      5:36
               Bm Bm7 Bm
Running to the rescue,
              D Dsus4 D
Angels flying up above,
            A Asus4 A
Phantoms in the bay,
                  A Asus2 A
While the natives pray,
               G     Bm
To the painted moon, ooooo,  5:59
        Riff         Riff         Riff         Riff
Painted moon,                                           6:15
        Riff         Riff         Riff         Riff
                          Painted moon,                 6:30
        Riff
I say...   < fadeout >   6:38


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Extended Version (8:00 long)

Here here are the chords, with bass notes for the 6-string when there is no 6-string playing.

Bass notes played on 6-string guitar:            Riff (6 string guitar)
e|----------------------------------           e|-----------------------|
B|----------------------------------           B|--3--2-----------------|
G|----------------------------------           G|--------2--0-2--4------|
D|----------0-----------------------           D|-----------------------|
A|-2-----2-----0--------------2-----           A|-----------------------|
E|----2--------------------0--------           E|-----------------------|
   B  F# B  D  A           E
A                    D  C# A  G A  B


Intro ? instrumental
< Keyboard and percussion only >   0:33

< Bass added and occasional guitar chord or notes >
    B / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  F# / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  0:47

X2: B / / /  / / / /  D / / /  / / / /  A / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  1:17

< lyric > To the painted moon...   1:19

< Keyboard, percussion, bass, and occasional lead guitar >   2:03
    B (bass)

Verse 1  < start regular song with lyrics and guitars >
                        Riff
E     A     E     A     Bm
        Woo hoo,    woo hoo,
                    Riff
Walking home in the rain
                      Riff
Blood runs cold in my veins
                    Riff
News from a distant shore
                   E     A
Blues like never before              2:26
            E     A
The moon is new
            Riff      Riff
            Bm
The moon is full
            E     A     E     A
The moon is blue
            F#
The moon is cruel, painted moon.    2:51


Chorus
              Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
             D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
               A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
               A Asus2 A
So the angels say.        3:10
               Bm Bm7 Bm
Running to the rescue,
                  D Dsus4 D
Angels flying up above,
               A Asus4 A
Phantoms in the bay,
                  A Asus2 A ]
While the natives pray...     3:25



Bridge         < bass guitar and percussion only >
               B / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
To the painted moon, I wash my face and get dressed,

E / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  F# / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
             The moon is blue,                   painted moon             3:52


Instrumental < all bass guitar & keyboard & percussion >
    X2: B / / /  / / / /  D / / /  / / / /  A / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  4:22


Chorus
              Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
             D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
             A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
               A Asus2 A
So the angels say.
               Bm Bm7 Bm
Running to the rescue,
              D Dsus4 D
Angels flying up above,
            A Asus4 A
Phantoms in the bay,
                  A Asus2 A ]
While the natives pray...      4:51
               Bm / / /  / / / /  D / / /  / / / /  A / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
To the painted moon,                        painted moon,                      painted
                                                                                  5:08
Bm / / /  / / / /  D / / /  / / / /  A / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
Moon,                        painted moon.                              5:22

< bass & percussion only >
B / / /  / / / /  D / / /  / / / /  A / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /    5:38


Chorus
              Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
             D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
             A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
               A Asus2 A
So the angels say...   5:53
        G     Bm
Painted moon, oooo, painted moon, oooo, painted moon...    6:12


Outro
< bass & percussion & harmonica >    7:08
  B (bass)
< add guitar lead >      8:00
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