The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress Chords by Joe Cocker

Tempo:
109.825 bpm
Chords used:

C

G

Bb

Eb

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Joe Cocker - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1974) chords
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[C]
[G] [Bm]
[C] [C]
[Bb] [G]
See her how she [C] flies,
[A] golden sails [G] across the sky
[Em]
[G] [Bm] Close enough to [C] touch, [A]
[D] [Bm] but [G] careful if you [C] try
[E]
[Em] Though she looks [D] as warm as [E] gold
[Em] [D]
[C] [Bm] The [G] moon's a [Am] harsh mystery, the moon can be so [C] cold
[G] Once the sun did [C] shine, [Am]
[G] good lord it felt so fine
[C]
[A] Through [Bm] the phantom [C] rose, [A]
[D] [Bm] through the [G] mountains and the [C] pines
[D] [D] And then the darkness [E] fell, [Em] [G]
[C] [G] the moon's a harsh [Am] mystery
[A]
It's hard to love her [C] well
[G]
[C]
[Bb] I fell out of her [Eb] eye,
[Dm]
[Bb] I fell out of her [Cm]
heart
[Bb]
I fell down on my [Eb]
face, [Fm]
[Dm] I tripped and missed my [Eb] stars
I [F]
[F] fell [Gm] and fell alone
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] The moon's a harsh [Cm] mystery,
[Eb] the sky is made of stone
[Bb]
The moon's a [Eb] harsh mystery, [Gm]
[C] she's hard to come down
[Eb]
[G] [C]
[Bb] [G]
[Em] [Bb]
[G] [Em]
[Bb]
[Bb]
Key:  
C
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G
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Bb
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Eb
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Bm
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C
3211
G
2131
Bb
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To learn Joe Cocker - (Album Version) The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - G, Am, C, G, Bb, G and Em. Ease into the song by practicing at 73 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 147 BPM. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: G Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ See her how she [C] flies, _ _
[A] _ _ golden sails [G] across the sky
[Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Bm] Close enough to [C] touch, _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ [Bm] but [G] careful if you [C] try
_ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ Though she looks [D] as warm as [E] gold
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ [Bm] The [G] moon's a [Am] harsh mystery, _ _ _ _ _ the moon can be so [C] cold _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ Once the sun did [C] shine, _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ good lord it felt so fine
_ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [A] Through [Bm] the phantom [C] rose, _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ [Bm] through the [G] mountains and the [C] _ pines _ _ _
[D] _ [D] And then the darkness [E] fell, [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ [G] the moon's a harsh [Am] mystery
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ It's hard to love her [C] well _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _
[Bb] I fell out of her [Eb] eye, _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Bb] I fell out of her [Cm] _
heart
_ _ [Bb] _ _
I fell down on my [Eb] _ _
_ face, [Fm] _ _ _
[Dm] I tripped and missed my [Eb] stars
I _ _ [F] _ _
_ [F] fell [Gm] and fell alone
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] The moon's a harsh [Cm] mystery, _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ the sky is made of stone
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ The moon's a [Eb] harsh mystery, _ [Gm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ she's hard to come down _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
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It's Jimmy Webb who authored this song.

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