Standing On the Moon

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                           Words by Robert Hunter

                           Music by Jerry Garcia





CHORDS: (Duplicate chords indicate optional fingerings)



G  : 3 2 0 0 0 3          C   : x 3 2 0 1 0         D  : x x 0 2 3 2

Am : x 0 2 2 1 0          G/B : x 2 x 0 3 3         F# : x x 4 3 2 2

F# : 2 4 4 3 2 2          F   : x x 3 2 1 1         F  : 1 3 3 2 1 1



Intro: G G G C D D D C G G G C



D               G                   D                      G  

Standing on the moon, I got no      cobweb on my shoe.

Standing on the moon, I see the     battle rage below.

Standing on the moon, I see a       shadow on the sun.

Standing on the moon, where talk is cheap and vision true.



D               G                  C  

Standing on the moon, I'm          feeling so alone and blue.  I see the

Standing on the moon, I see the    soldiers come and go.  There's a

Standing on the moon, the stars go fading one by one.  I

Standing on the moon, but I would  rather be with you.



D                G                  C                G  

Gulf of Mexi     co, as             tiny as a        tear.

metal flag be    side me someone    planted long a   go.

hear a cry of    victory, a         nother of de     feat.

Somewhere in San Francisco, on a    back porch in Ju ly,



C    G                D       G       C  

The  coast of Cali    fornia  must be somewhere over here,

Old  Glory standing   stiffly Crimson white and indigo,

A    scrap of age old lulla   by down some forgotten street.

just looking up at    heaven  at this crescent in the sky,



C      G     C  

over   here.

indi   go.



in the sky. 



BRIDGE:



C     D                Am          D            Am      D  

I see all of Southeast Asia, I can see El Salva dor.  I hear the cries



   G                C     G/B      Am         D             Am   

of children and the other songs of war.  It's like a mighty melody that



D                        Am   G/B   C                            

rings down from the sky.            Standing here upon the moon, I 



G                 D   G        C   G/B      Am   

watch it all roll by, all roll by, all roll by,  



G            F   F#   G   C  

all roll by.                   



FINALE:



D                          C               G    C   G  

Standing on the moon, with nothing left to do.  A   lovely view of



D       G       C                      G              D       G  

heaven, but I'd rather be with you.  A lovely view of heaven, but I'd



C                           G    C       D                C       G  

rather