Waiting for the Moon to Rise

Belle and Sebastian - Waiting for the Moon to Rise: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Waiting for the Moon to Rise" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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Am                E
All the way back home
             C                E7
I'm telling you I caught the sun
         Am             D
Creeping up behind my shoulder
  Bm             E
Another day's begun
       Am           E
I was following a trail
           C            E7
I'd never been along before
         F               D7    Bm
Chasing darkened skies above me
 E                  C
Looking like the spring
         Am
Like the winter
         F     Dm7 G E Am
And the morning
               F              E
If there's a place I want to go
               C           Am
Then I'll be there with you
              F
'Cos in my dreams the things
     G
I'm wishing for
      F         E F E
Keep coming true

Now a new day comes, clears the darkness out
of sight
And the shadows that were sleeping come and
dance beneath the light
And I'm trying hard to hide, keep the sun
out of my eyes
Close them tight and now I'm waiting for
the moon to rise

Don't try to say to me that this was never
meant to be
'Cause the days are long where I come
from, the next few days I'm free
There's a train I want to catch, but
it won't leave here for a while
Till darkness fills the eastern sky
and streetlights stretch for miles

Through the spring
And the winter
And the morning


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If you are also interested in learning how to play "Waiting for the Moon to Rise" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Waiting for the Moon to Rise" by Belle and Sebastian.

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