Am - G - F - F - Am - G - F - F - C - - - ^CBrown eyes and I were tired We had walked and we had scrambled Through the moors and through the briars Through the endless blue meanders In the ^Amblue ^G August ^FMoon In the ^Amcool ^G August ^FMoon ^COver the nights and through the fires We went surging down the wires Through the towns and on the highways Through the storms in all their thundering In the ^Amblue ^G August ^FMoon In the ^Amcool ^G August ^FMoon ^CThen we rested in a desert Where the bones were white as teeth sir And we saw St. Elmo's fire Splitting ions in the Ether Solo over: Am - G - F - F - (4x)C - - - (4X)Am - G - F - F - (2x) In the ^Amblue ^G August ^FMoon In the ^Amcool ^G August ^FMoon In the ^Amblue ^G August ^FMoon In the ^Amcool ^G August ^FMoon OUTRO: C - - - Recurring riff (over C chord): e-|---7--8--7--8--7--------------- B-|---8--8--8--8--8--------------- G-|---9--9--9--9--9--------------- D-|------------------------------- A-|------------------------------- E-|-------------------------------