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)
 V       |       V       |   V   |       V       |       V
|2-3-----------2-3---------------------------3-------------------|
|3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3---3-------3---3-------|
|2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2-------|
|0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0-------|
|0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse
   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |        
   D5/A
  |----------------5-----------2---3---5---------------------------|
  |3-----------3---3-----------3-------3---------------3---3-------|
  |2-----------2---2-----------2-------2---------------2---2-------|
  |0-----------0---------------------------------------0---0-------|
  |----------------------------------------------------------------|
  |----------------------------------------------------------------|
   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)
|7-----------8-------10------7-------8---5-------------------7---|
|6-----------6---------------6-----------3-------------------6---|
|7-----------7---------------7-----------2-------------------7---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 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)
|----8-------5---------------3---3-----------3-------5-------1---|
|----6-------6-------8---7---3---3-----------3---------------3---|
|----7-------7---------------0---0-----------0---------------2---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
     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
|----0-----------3-----------3---3---5-------1-------0-----------|
|--------3-------3-----------3---3-----------3-----------3---3---|
|----------------0-----------0---0-----------2-----------2---2---|
|--------------------------------------------------------0---0---|
|--------------------------------------------------------0---0---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
     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


|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|3---3-------3---3-----------3-----------3---------------3-------|
|2---2-------2---2-----------2-----------2---------------2-------|
|0---0-------0---0-----------0-----------0---------------0-------|
|0---0-------0---0-----------0-----------0---------------0-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                       and   to-
 ing


 Ebmaj7
|3---------------3-------3---3---3-------3-----------3---3-------|
|3---------------3-------3---3---3-------3-----------3---3-------|
|3---------------3-------3---3---3-------3-----------3---3-------|
|1---------------1-------1---1---1-------1-----------1---1-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
-night           flies                                         a  


 D5/A                        D4/A        D5/A        D4/A
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|3---------------3-----------3---3-----------3-----------3-------|
|2---------------2-----------2---2-----------2-----------2-------|
|0---------------0-----------0---0-----------0-----------0-------|
|0---------------0-----------0---0-----------0-----------0-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
     bet ter moon                                                 


             D   Dsus4   D   Dsus4                       D
|------------2---3-------2---3---------------3-------3---2-------|
|----3-------3---3-------3---3---------------3-------3---3-------|
|----2-------2---2-------2---2---------------2-------2---2-------|
|----0-------0---0-------0---0---------------0-------0---0-------|
|----0-------0---0-------0---0---------------0-------0---0-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|