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From: Peter Eybert [pjoe@charon.muc.de]
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 1998 9:02 AM
Song: Moths
by Ian Anderson
performed by Jethro Tull
from "Heavy Horses", 1978
transcribed by Peter Eybert
[Capo 2]
F# (244322@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B A (x02220@1)name="chord_x13321@4">C#m C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_x2444x@1">B A (x02220@1)C#m (x13321@4)C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_x2444x@1">B A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) BmThe (x24432@1)leaded window opened to move the dancing candle flame
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1)A (x02220@1) BmAnd (x24432@1)the first Moths of summer suicidal came, oh, suicidal came.
D (xx0232@1) BmAnd (x24432@1)a new breeze chattered in its May-bud tenderness
Em (022000@1) Em7 A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) BmSending (x24432@1)water-lillies sailing as she turned to get undressed.
D (xx0232@1) BmAnd (x24432@1)the long night awakened and we soared on powdered wings
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) ACircling (x02220@1)our tomorrows in the wary month of Spring.
D (xx0232@1) BmChasing (x24432@1)shadows slipping in a magic lantern slide
Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) BmCreatures (x24432@1)of the candle on a night-light-ride.
D (xx0232@1) BmDipping (x24432@1)and weaving - flutter through the golden needle's eye
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Ain (x02220@1)our haystack madness. Butterfly-stroking on a Spring-tide high,
G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) Bmoh, (x24432@1)on a Spring-tide high.
C#m C#m B A C#m C#m B A
E (022100@1) C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) BLife's (x2444x@1)too long (as the Lemming said)
C#m (x13321@4) Bb (x1333x@1) F# (244322@1) C# (x43121@1) Ebmas (xx4342@1)the candle burned and the Moths were wed.
A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) C#mAnd (x13321@4)we'll all burn together as the wick grows higher
B (x2444x@1)F# (244322@1) C#before (x43121@1)the candle's dead.
D (xx0232@1) Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D A (x02220@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A Bm (x24432@1) F (133211@1) DmThe (xx0231@1)leaded window opened to move the dancing candle flame.
Gm (355333@1) Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_133211@1">F C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C DmAnd (xx0231@1)the first moths of summer suicidal came, oh, suicidal game
F (133211@1) Dmto (xx0231@1)join in the worship of the light that never dies
Gm (355333@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) Cin (x32010@1)a moment's reflection of two moths spinning in her eyes.
E (022100@1)name="chord_x13321@4">C#m C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_x2444x@1">B A (x02220@1)C#m (x13321@4)C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_x2444x@1">B A (x02220@1) C#m (x13321@4)--
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