Half Moon Rising chords by Yonder Mountain String Band

Artist: Yonder Mountain String Band
Song: Half Moon Rising
Capo 2nd

Verse 1:
          G                 C              D         Em   C     G
There's a house somewhere I know where the fires burn all night long
          G                    C             D           Em
There's a swing outside on the porch where I feel I could
     D        C
Rock away the dusk til the dawn
   Am                           G
And even though the wind may be howlin'
Am                        C              D
Stars are bright and they push me on and on

Chorus:
          C         G         D            Em
There's a half moon rising in southeastern skies
          C         G       D                G
There's a cold wind blowin' across the great divide
        C          G        D              Em
And the stars they guide my way across the night
          C         G       D               G                D
There's a half moon rising, pushin me on to another mountain top
D           G                 D
Push me on, no I'll never stop, push me on home
          C         G         D                    G C D Em
There's a half moon rising in southeastern skies tonight

Verse 2:
        G                 C              D
Now the shoes on my feet, those soles broken down
Em              C               G
And my coat is tattered and worn
        G                    C             D           Em
And the hunger in my belly, and the fever in my head
     D        C
Will vanish 'ere my first glimpse of home
        Am                           G
And even though the rain may now be fallin'
Am                        C              D
The passion is deep and pushes me on

Chorus:
          C         G         D            Em
There's a half moon rising in southeastern skies
          C         G       D                G
There's a cold wind blowin' across the great divide

         C          G        D              Em
And the stars they guide my way across the night
          C         G       D               G                D
There's a half moon rising, pushin me on to another mountain top
D           G                 D
Push me on, no I'll never stop, push me on home
          C         G         D                    G C D Em
There's a half moon rising in southeastern skies tonight

        G                 C              D
There's a still at dawn like the sound of your love's breath
Em   C     G
As she lies sleeping
 G    C             D           Em
Down below me now in the valley
        D        C
Is the only piece on earth that I ever want to know
Am                           G
And her lips are as soft as I remember
Am                        C              D
She alone has brought me back on home

Chorus:
          C         G         D            Em
There's a half moon rising in southeastern skies
          C         G       D                G
There's a cold wind blowin' across the great divide
        C          G        D              Em
And the stars they guide my way across the night
          C         G       D               G                D
There's a half moon rising, pushin me on to another mountain top
D           G                 D
Push me on, no I'll never stop, push me on home
          C         G         D                    G C D Em
There's a half moon rising in southeastern skies tonight