A
Better Moon
Words and
music by Ian Anderson from The
Secret Language of Birds
Transcription
by Peter Dawson, all corrections are
welcome.
This version is without a capo, the recording sounds more "trebly",
maybe due to a mandola or a higher capo position.
Intro x
3 (Bold notes third time only)
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Verse
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D5/A
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I
see you bet ter
now
Sad
wat er
buffa
lo
lie
I
guess you've known lovers
here
com
Now
cloaked
in this milky light
G7
D5
G7(no G)
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shad
ed in
deep er
blue
hard
fast
near the
shall
ows
a
pli
ant in
pass
ion
soft
new
as the
vir gin
dawn
shroud-
Dm(5th pos)
G5
Dm(1st pos)
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ly need ing
to
car
ry the find-
splash
reveal ing the
fly catch
ing
fish-
ly laid in
the
old
reed bed
ed sweet ly in
all
kinds of mys-
G5
Dm D5/A
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yourway
lamp
down
to the riv-er
es
dark
gods si
lent ly watch-
harsh
ly
lit
in the
noon sun
ter y you
turn
smile
and are gone
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and to-
ing
Ebmaj7
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-night
flies
a
D5/A
D4/A
D5/A D4/A
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bet ter
moon
D Dsus4 D
Dsus4
D
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