Shoot The Moon
Blumenfeld HughVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
When I was young all I wanted was the moon
Hung that National Geographic map in my room
In seventh grade, Mythology 101
They called me Little Endymion
- You remember me now
Space was the object of all my country's desire
And the skies of my childhood were laced with launching pad fire
And I was the boy who stood under streetlamps at night
Waiting for those strange blue lights
To take me away
- Shoot the moon
Set me down in the Sea of Tranquility
Just the stars and me
- Shoot the moon
Give me a home in the 21st century
A little less gravity
I could fall free
Shoot the moon
If I'd been ten years older, I might have been tripping on Yasgur's farm
But I probably would have been a Phantom flying over Viet Nam
In a dream of altitudes where the blue turns black
And never looking back
At the pieces on the ground
But I saw the choppers rise out of Saigon's fall
And my fingers traced the writing on the long black wall
And I knew there'd be no spaceships in my future
I guess I was born a little too late, or way too soon...
- Shoot the moon.... we could fall free
Well, a quarter of a million miles isn't really that far
It took me two Chevy's, but I've done it in a car
Driving from town to town with this old guitar
Made in 1969
One small step for mankind
- Shoot the moon.... it is my destiny
© 1997 Hugh Blumenfeld/Hydrogen Jukebox Music (ASCAP)
Hugh - Vocals, acoustic guitar
Mark Dann - electric guitars, bass, drums, vocals
Shane Shanahan - percussion
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Readable chord sheet for Shoot The Moon by Blumenfeld Hugh
When [Em]I was young all I [D/F#]wanted was the [C]moon
Hung that [Em]National Geo[D/F#]graphic map in my [C]room
In [G]seventh grade, My[Bm]thology 101
They called me Little Endymion
[C]- You remember me now
Space was the object of all my country's desire
And the skies of my childhood were laced with launching pad fire
And I was the boy who stood under streetlamps at night
Waiting for those strange blue lights
To take me away
[G] [D] - Shoot the [C]moon
Set me down in the Sea of Tranquili[G]ty
Just the stars and [D]me
- Shoot the [C]moon
Give me a home in the 21st [G]century
A [G]little [G/F#]less gravi[Em]ty
I could fall [C]free
Shoot the [Em]moon [D/F#] [C]
If I'd been ten years older, I might have been tripping on Yasgur's farm
But I probably would have been a Phantom flying over Viet Nam
In a dream of altitudes where the blue turns black
And never looking back
At the pieces on the ground
[Bm] But I saw the choppers rise out of [Em]Saigon's [Emsus2]fall
And my [Bm]fingers traced the writing on the [Em]long black [Emsus2]wall
And I [Bm]knew there'd be no spaceships in my [F]future
I guess I was [G]born a little too [D]late, or way too [C]soon...
- Shoot the moon.... we could fall free
Well, a quarter of a million miles isn't really that far
It took me two Chevy's, but I've done it in a car
Driving from town to town with this old guitar
Made in 1969
One small step for mankind
- Shoot the moon.... it is my destiny
© 1997 Hugh Blumenfeld/Hydrogen Jukebox Music (ASCAP)
Hugh - Vocals, acoustic guitar
Mark Dann - electric guitars, bass, drums, vocals
Shane Shanahan - percussion