#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

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)-- 
pjoe@charon.muc.de