Standing On The Moon

Chords

Standard

Intro:  G G G C D D D C G G G C

D               G              D                  G
Standing on the moon, I got no cobweb on my shoe.
D               G         C
Standing on the moon, I'm feeling so alone and blue.
          D           G     C         G
I see the Gulf of Mexico as tiny as a tear.
C   G        D          G       C
The coast of California must be somewhere over here.
C    G     C
over here.

D               G               D                  G
Standing on the moon, I see the battle rage below.
D               G               C
Standing on the moon, I see the soldiers come and go.
D                      G               C             G
There's a metal flag beside me someone planted long ago.
C         G        D       G        C
Old Glory standing stiffly crimson, white and indigo.
C         G        D       G        C
Old Glory standing stiffly crimson, white and indigo.
C   G
indigo.


Bridge:
C     D                Am          D           Am
I see all of Southeast Asia, I can see El Salvador.
  D                     G            C     G/B
I hear the cries of children and the other songs of war.
      D            Am          D                       Am   G/B
It's like a mighty melody that rings down from the sky.
C                             G                 D
Standing here upon the moon I watch it all roll by,
G         C  G/B      Am  G/B      Am       F   F#  G  C
all roll by, all roll by, all roll by

D               G             D                  G
Standing on the moon, I see a shadow on the sun.
D               G                  C
Standing on the moon, the stars go fading one by one.
  D                G      C             G   
I hear a cry of victory, another of defeat.
C   G              D    G        C
A scrap of age-old lullaby down some forgotten street.

D               G                   D                      G
Standing on the moon, where talk is cheap and vision true.
D               G                   C
Standing on the moon, but I would rather be with you.
D                G              C               G
Somewhere in San Francisco on a back porch in July.
C    G             D      G       C
Just looking up to heaven at this crescent in the sky.
C        G
in the sky.

D                          C               G
Standing on the moon, with nothing left to do.
C G              D       G       C
A lovely view of heaven, but I'd rather be with you.
C G              D       G       C
A lovely view of heaven, but I'd rather be with you.
         G
be with you.  
C        D               C        G
Be with you.  I'd rather be with you.