Harvest of the moon D G D All the husbands and thier wives we were dancing for our lives all to the A tune of Elsie Marley D G instead of gathering up our differences and throwing them in the air D A D And giving them to the wind that shakes the barley G D And the children they were watching every girl and every boy as we danced to A the tune of Elsie Marley D G D But they'd heard another tune from the harvest of the moon that rides upon A D the wind that shakes the barley G D Then Bridget she declared that she was not prepared to watch us dance to the A tune of Elsie Marley D G She said I'll sing you all a song and you'll want to sing along D A D If you listen to the wind that shakes the barley chorus G D And the song that she sang could be heard from miles around Bm A The air was full of harmony you should've heard the sound D G As we gathered up our differences and threw them in the air D A D And gave them to the wind that shakes the barley A D G D A oooohhhh ooohh ooohhh ooohhh D G D All the husbands and thier wives we were dancing for our lives all to the A tune of Elsie Marley D G Until we gathered up our differences and threw them in the air D A D And gave them to the wind that shakes the barley G D Then all of us declared that we were not prepared to dance our lives away A with Elsie Marley D G For we heard another tune from the harvest of the moon D A D That rides upon the wind that shakes the barley G D And the song that we sang could be heard for miles around Bm A The air was full of harmony you should've heard the sound D G As we gathered up our differences and threw them in the air D A And gave them to the wind that shakes the barley D A D G D A oooooh ohhh ooooh