Grateful Dead – Standing On The Moon (Ukulele)

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Intro: G G G C D D D C G G G C
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

C    G     C
over here

D               G               D                  G
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

C         G        D       G        C
Old Glory standing stiffly crimson white and indigo

C   G
indigo.
Bridge:
C     D                Am          D           Am
I see all of Southeast Asia I can see El Salvador

  D                     G            C     G/B
I hear the cries of children and the other songs of war

      D            Am          D                       Am   G/B
It's like a mighty melody that rings down from the sky

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

G         C  G/B      Am  G/B      Am       F   F#  G  C
all roll by all roll by all roll by

D               G             D                  G
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

D               G                   D                      G
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 to heaven at this crescent in the sky

C        G
in the sky

D                          C               G
Standing on the moon with nothing left to do

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

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

         G
be with you

C        D               C        D
Be with you I'd rather be with you