Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Verse 1:
A augmentedA DmDm G+G C majorC
Fate has been cruel and order unkind
A minorAm D MajorD G+G
How can I have sent you away?
E minorEm FF G+G A minorAm
The blame was my own; the punishment, yours
E MajorE DmDm E MajorE
The harmony's silent today
Verse 2:
A augmentedA DmDm G+G C majorC
But into the stillness I'll bring you a song
A minorAm D MajorD G+G
And I will your company keep
E minorEm FF G+G A minorAm
Till your tired eyes and my lullabies
E MajorE DmDm E MajorE
Have carried you softly to sleep
Verse 3:
A minorAm C majorC
Once did a pony who shone like the sun
G+G A minorAm
Look out on her kingdom and sigh
FF G+G A minorAm
She smiled and said, "Surely, there is no pony
FF C majorC E MajorE A minorAm
So lovely and so well beloved as I"
Verse 4:
A minorAm E MajorE DmDm G+G
So great was her reign and so brilliant her glory
C majorC DmDm E MajorE
That long was the shadow she cast
DmDm FF E MajorE A minorAm
Which fell dark upon the young sister she loved
DmDm FF E MajorE A minorAm
And grew only darker as days and nights passed
Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm
Luna moon princess, goodnight sister mine
FF A minorAm
And rest now in moonlight's embrace
DmDm A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth
DmDm E MajorE
Through cloud, and through sky, and through space
Chorus:
DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
Carry the peace and the coolness of night
E MajorE A minorAm
And carry my sorrow in kind
C majorC A minorAm E MajorE
Luna, you're loved so much more than you know
DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
Forgive me for being so blind
Verse 5:
A minorAm C majorC
Soon did that pony take notice that others
G+G A minorAm
Did not give her sister her due
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
And neither had she loved her as she deserved
FF C majorC E MajorE A minorAm
She watched as her sister's unhappiness grew
Verse 6:
A minorAm E MajorE DmDm G+G
But such is the way of the limelight, it sweetly
C majorC DmDm E MajorE
Takes hold of the mind of its host
DmDm FF E MajorE A minorAm
And that foolish pony did nothing to stop
DmDm FF E MajorE A minorAm
The destruction of one who had needed her most
Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm
Luna moon princess, goodnight sister mine
FF A minorAm
And rest now in moonlight's embrace
DmDm A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth
DmDm E MajorE
Through cloud, and through sky, and through space
Chorus:
DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
Carry the peace and the coolness of night
E MajorE A minorAm
And carry my sorrow in kind
C majorC A minorAm E MajorE
Luna, you're loved so much more than you know
DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
May troubles be far from your mind
DmDm E MajorE A minorAm
And forgive me for being so blind
Bridge 1:
C majorC A minorAm
The years now before us
DmDm FF G+G
Fearful and unknown
C majorC A minorAm
I never imagined
DmDm FF G+G
I'd face them on my own
Bridge 2:
C majorC A minorAm
May these thousand winters
DmDm FF G+G
Swiftly pass, I pray
C majorC A minorAm
I love you; I miss you
DmDm FF G+G
All these miles away
Outro:
A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
May all your dreams be sweet tonight
A minorAm DmDm C majorC E MajorE
Safe upon your bed of moonlight
A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
And know not of sadness, pain, or care
A minorAm DmDm C majorC E MajorE
And when I dream, I'll fly away and meet you there
FF DmDm E MajorE A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
Sleep...