Chords for New Words - Marty Goetz (from 'In The Beginning' by Maury Yeston)

[E] _ Singing _ to _ [F] his new son _ [E] Isaac to [Am] tell him how to relate to this world.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] And then we're going to_
[Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
Look _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ there, _ _ _ _ [C#m] high above us, _ _ _ [A] in a _ sky _ of [E] _ blackest _ _ silk.
Like a cuck, see [C#m] how round, _ _ _ _ like [A] a cuck, _ _ [E] _ _ _
see [F#m] how white, _ [B] as white _ as [E] _ milk. _
_ _ _ [F#m] Call it the [A] _ moon, _ my son.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] Say _
[E] _ moon, [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [E] sounds like [A] your school.
_ _ [E] _ My [F#m]
son, _ _ _ _ _ can [G#m] you say _ _ it?
[C#m] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ New _ _ _ _ word _ [F#] _ _
today.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ Moon, _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[B] near the [E] moon. _ _
_ _ _ There [C#m] are _ others _ _ _ [E] putting on their [A] _ shining _ [E] show. _
_ And [G#m] _ [C#m] they sparkle, _ _ _ [C#] just [A] like _ sugar, [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] making sweet the _ world _ [E] below.
_ _ _ _ We call them _ [A] _ _ _ _
stars.
My _ [Am] son, _ _ _ say [E] _ _ _ [A] stars.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G#m] That one [A] is _ _ _ Mars, [E] my [A] _ son. _ _ _
_ [G#m] Can you say _ _
_ [C#m] _ [G#m] it?
[E] _ New _ _ year, _ _ _ _ _ here [F#] today. _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Stars, _ as they twinkle [A] around _ us, _ _
_ [Am] playing their starry-eyed [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m]
games.
Who would think it _
_ [E] astounds _ _ _ _ [F#]
us, _ merely _ naming [F#m] their _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ name.
_ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Turn _ your _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
eyes _ _ _ _ [D#m] from the skies now. _ _
[B] Turn around and [C#] _ look [F#] at _ me.
_ _ _ [C#] _
[D#m] There's a light _ _ _ _
[F#] in [B] my eyes now, [F#] _ _
_ _ [G#m] and a name _ [C#] for what _ you [F#] see. _
_ _ _ _ We _ call it _ _ [F#m] _ love.
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] My son, _ _ _ _ [F#] say _
_ _ _ [B] love. _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] It's so _ [D#m] hard to say. _ _ _
[G#m] My son, _ _ _ _ it [A#m] gets _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] harder _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
by new _ _ _ year.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ Today, _ _ _ we _ [F#] learn _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] to say _ [F#] the _ _ _ _ _ _ moon's _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
_ slime.
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
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[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _