Moths chords by Jethro Tull

Sent:   Saturday, January 03, 1998 9:02 AM

Song:   Moths

by Ian Anderson
performed by Jethro Tull
from "Heavy Horses", 1978
transcribed by Peter Eybert


[Capo 2]

F# B A C#m  C#m B A  C#m  C#m B A

    D                                Bm
The leaded window opened ...
        Em                    G  D     A         G  A     Bm
And the first Moths of summer ...
      D                           Bm
And a new breeze ...
        Em       Em7  A              G         A      Bm
Sending water-lillies sailing ...
        D                          Bm
And the long night awakened ...
Em                            G    D        A
Circling our tomorrows ...
                D             Bm
Chasing shadows slipping ....
Em               A           G     A     Bm
Creatures of the candle ...
D                                         Bm
Dipping and weaving - ....
       Em                                         G      D    A
in our haystack madness.  Butterfly-....
         G      A    Bm
oh, on a Spring-....

C#m C#m B A   C#m C#m B A

E          C#m          A       B
Life's too ...
       C#m    Bb             F#    C#   Ebm
as the candle burned ...
          A           B            E    B     C#m
And we'll all burn ...
           B  F#    C#
before the ....

D      Bm
Em    G D A   G A Bm

    F                                Dm
The leaded window opened to ...
        Gm                    Bb F     C         Bb C     Dm
And the first moths of ...
   F                          Dm
to join in the worship of ...
     Gm                               Bb       F      C
in a moment's ....

E C#m  C#m B A  C#m  C#m B A   C#m

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