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Date: Mon, 23 Dec 96 01:16:32 CST From: Ben Weiss Subject: CRD: Waterboys, "The Whole of the Moon" THE WHOLE OF THE MOON Words & music: Mike Scott On: The Waterboys, _This Is the Sea_ INTRO: Basically G C G D C D C D G, with some flourishes on the D's. [progression 1:]

I pictured a rainbow, ^Dyou held^C it i^Gn your hands ^C I had ^Dflashes,^C but ^Dyou saw the plan ^GI wandered out in the ^Dworld for years,^C while ^Dyou just stayed in your ^Croom / I saw the ^Dcrescent,^C ^Dyou saw the whole of the ^Gmoon ^C The whole of the ^Gmoon ^D

[progression 2:]

You were ^Gthere at the turnstiles with the ^Cwind at your heels You ^Gstretched for the stars and you ^Dknow how it feels To reach ^Emtoo high, ^Dtoo far, ^Ctoo soon ^DYou saw the whole of the ^Gmoon

[progression 1] I was grounded while you filled the skies I was dumbfounded by truth, you cut through lies I saw the rain-dirty valley, you saw Brigadoon I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moon HORN SOLO [progression 1] I spoke about wings, you just flew I wondered, I guessed and I tried--you just knew I sighed...and you swooned I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moon The whole of the moon [progression 2] The torch in your pocket and the wind at your heels You climbed on the ladder and you know how it feels To get too high, too far, too soon You saw the whole of the moon

^C ^G ^D Yeah yeah yeah BRIDGE: ^GUnicorns and cannonballs, ^Cpalaces and piers ^GTrumpets, towers and tenements, wide ^Doceans full of tears ^EmRags, rags, ferryboats, ^Dcylinders (?) and scarves ^CEvery precious dream and vision ^Dunderneath the stars [backing vocals sing "the torch in your pocket" verse]

[progression 2] Yes, you climbed on the ladder with the wind in your sails You came like a comet blazing your trails Too high, too far, too soon You saw the whole of the moon

^C The whole of the ^Gmoon ^D Repeat G C G D

^GOh, oh, oh, did ^Cyou see the whole ^Gof the moon ^D Repeat some more, end on G

Waterboys - The whole of the moon (chords)