Young Moses chords by Josh Ritter

Chords with lyrics

Artist: Josh Ritter
Song: Young Moses
Album: Sermon on the Rocks
Standard tuning; Capo 3rd

From Josh Ritter's official songbook. Pretty straightforward with G+G and C majorC but here it all is anyway.

All C majorC chords are shown as a C/GC/G 332010 in the book.

G+G  G+G  C majorC  C majorC

[Verse 1]
G+G
 Lay down young Moses child
G+G
 Your wandering star a while
C majorC
 Hang your heart on a quiet soul and
C majorC
 Stay a while in the house of gold
G+G
 Each room has many mansions
G+G
 Each mansion many rooms
C majorC
 You'll sleep on sheets of silver
C majorC
 You'll eat on plates of
G+G
moon_________ Ooo___________
C majorC
ooo_________  oooo___________

[Verse 2]
G+G
 I will take up white linen
G+G
 I will a' roving go
C majorC
 I do not need your mansions
C majorC
 I will live in a house of soul
G+G
 Bring me my Florida Water
G+G
 Set me my serpent free
C majorC
 Hang ye no stars above me
C majorC
 I am bound for Expidite!
G+G
 eee_______ eee__________
C majorC
 eee_______ eee__________
G+G
 eee_______ eee__________
C majorC
 eee_______

C majorC  G+G  C majorC  G+G
(fade out)

[Breakdown] (slower)
E minorEm
 And all the love they're gonna give me
B minorBm
 All the love, all the love, all the love
Amin7
 They're gonna be my family now
D7D7
  and y'all can keep your thrones

C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G

[Verse 3]
G+G
 I've been up on the mountain
G+G
 I've been to the end of the line
C majorC
 I've pierced the fiery curtain
C majorC
 And the only face I touched was mine
G+G
 I'll burn me through Ohio
G+G
 I'll find the Appleseed
C majorC
 Who lives on lightning bugs
C majorC
 His mouth'll glow when he begins to preach
G+G
 I'll burn me through the handle
G+G
 I'll drink the cactus truths
C majorC
 Appear to peyoteras
C majorC
 Hills the color of conqueror root
G+G
 mmm _______  ooo_________
C majorC
 Ooo_______

[Verse 4]
G+G
 I got my heavy working
G+G
 I hung your capstone, too
C majorC
 I'm the king of the milk maids, honey
C majorC
 Say my name you know it's true
G+G
 I got my heavy working
G+G
 I like my lightning sweet
C majorC
 I've been a beast of burden
C majorC
 That is to say I am a beast
G+G
 Mhmhm____ Ooo______
C majorC
 Ooo_______ OoOo_____
G+G
 OoOo_______

C majorC G+G C majorC G+G Etc...