Grateful Dead – Standing On The Moon (Guitar Intro)

 D                G             D              G
Standing on the moon - I got no cobweb on my shoe

 D                G          C
Standing on the moon - I'm feeling so alone and blue

          D            G      C          G
I see the Gulf of Mexico - As tiny as a tear

C   G              D     (G)      C
The coast of California - Must be somewhere over here

     G     C
Over here

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Standing on the moon - I see the battle rage below

 D                G              C
Standing on the moon - I see the soldiers come and go

          D             G                C              G
There's a metal flag beside me - Someone planted long ago

C   G                 D       G         C
Old Glory standing stiffly - Crimson, white and indigo

    G                 D       G         C
Old Glory standing stiffly - Crimson, white and indigo

     G  C
Indigo

      D                Am           D            Am
I see all of Southeast Asia - I can see El Salvador

  D                   G                C     Bm       Am
I hear the cries of children - And the other songs of war

     D             Am            D                     Am   Bm
It's like a mighty melody - That rings down from the sky

 C                              G                D    G        C
Standing here upon the moon, I watch it all roll by - All roll by - -

Bm       Am     G        F      F#
All roll by - - All roll by - - -

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Standing on the moon - I see a shadow on the sun

 D                G                  C
Standing on the moon - The stars go fading one by one

  D              G          C           G
I hear a cry of victory - Another of defeat

C G                D    (G)       C
A scrap of age-old lullaby - Down some forgotten street

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Standing on the moon - Where talk is cheap and vision true

 D                G                C
Standing on the moon - But I would rather be with you

D                    G            C               G
Somewhere in San Francisco - On a back porch in July

C    G             D       (G)      C
Just looking up at heaven - At this crescent in the sky

         G  C
In the sky

 D                G         C                G  C
Standing on the moon - With nothing left to do

  G               D       G       C
A lovely view of heaven - But I'd rather be with you

  G               D       G       C
A lovely view of heaven - But I'd rather be with you

        G
Be with you - -

C       D
Be with you - -

           C        G
I'd rather be with you - -

C       D
Be with you - -

           C        G
I'd rather be with you - -

           C       D
I'd rather be with you - -

C        G
Be with you - -

C       D
Be with you - -

C        G
Be with you - -

C       D
Be with you - -

C        G
Be with you - -