Words & music By Paul Simon 1981


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F (133211@1)     |                              |C   |
  If you want to write a song about the moon

Dm (xx0231@1)     F7 (131241@1)                   |Bb       |Eb9(no 3rd) |
   Walk along the craters of the afternoon

F (133211@1)                    C6/E
  When the shadows are deep

       |A7            Dm|
And the light is alien

Bb (x1333x@1)                       |Eb            Edim (3423xx@1)   And gravity leaps like a knife off the pavement

       |F                             |C   
And you want to write a song about the moon

C#dim (3423xx@1)  |Dm7             F7 (131241@1)     |Bb  
      You want to write a spiritual tune

Bdim (1201xx@1)   |F                   Am/E (x02210@1)  |
     Then nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, 

Bbmaj7 F(addG)/A |G7
Yeah,  yeah,      presto

C7sus4 (x3331x@1)             |F
       Song about the moon

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F (133211@1)     |                              |C    |
  If you want to write a song about the heart

Dm (xx0231@1)      F7 (131241@1)           |Bb            |Eb9(no 3rd) |
   Think about the moon before you start

F (133211@1)                     C6/E       |A7                  Dm|
  'cause the heart will howl Like a dog in the moonlight

Bb (x1333x@1)                               |Eb          Edim (3423xx@1)   And the heart can explode like a pistol on a June night

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So if you want to write a song about the heart

Dm7          F7 (131241@1)         |Bb  
And its ever longing for a counterpart


Bdim (1201xx@1)   |F                   Am/E (x02210@1)  |
     Then nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, 

Bbmaj7 F(addG)/A |
Yeah,  yeah,      

G7 (320001@1)      |C7sus4        |F   Bb/FF| (102220@1)Bb/FF| (102220@1)   Write a song about the moon


Dm7              Fmaj7/C
    The laughing boy

  |Abmaj9     D7He (xx0212@1)laughed so hard

  |Gm        D7 (xx0212@1)    |Gm   |
He fell down from his place

Dm7             |Fmaj7/C
    The laughing girl

   |Bbmaj7    A7She (x02020@1)laughed so hard

   |Dm          G9 (x2323x@1)       |C9        |
The tears rolled   down her face, whoa


F (133211@1)    |      Bb/FHey (102220@1)Songwriter

F (133211@1)              Bb/F (102220@1)  F (133211@1)         |Bb/F F|
  If you want to write a song about a face

F (133211@1)                 |C    |
  Think about a photograph

         Dm (xx0231@1)           F7 (131241@1)          |Bb         |Eb9(no 3rd) |
That you really can't remember But you can't erase

F (133211@1)         C6/E    |A7                  Dm|
  Wash your hands in dreams and lightning

Bb (x1333x@1)                        |Eb      Edim (3423xx@1)   Cut off your hair and whatever is frightening

      |F                           |C   C#dimIf (3423xx@1)you want to write a song About a face

      |Dm7             F7 (131241@1)          |Bb  
If you want to write a song about the human race


Bdim (1201xx@1)   |F                   Am/E (x02210@1)  |
     Then nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, 

Bbmaj7 F(addG)/A |
Yeah,  yeah,      

G7 (320001@1)      |C7sus4        |F   C|C#dim Dm|
   Write a song about the moon

F7Bb |Bbm       |F                             |C
   Oh,     if you want to write a song about the moon

C#dim (3423xx@1)  |Dm7             F7 (131241@1)     |Bb  Bdim (1201xx@1)     You want to write a spirituaI tune

F (133211@1)                 Am/E (x02210@1)  |
nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, 

Bbmaj7       F(addG)/A 
Yeah,  yeah, yeah,      yeah     

    |G7 
Then do it

        C7sus4 (x3331x@1)      |F   
Write a song about the moon 

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