Be Careful When They Offer You The Moon

Be careful when they offer you the moon           | E  / / / | C  / / / | G  / / / | Dm/G/ / / |
It gives a cold light                             | Am / / / | Am / / / |
It was only ever made to light the night          | D7 / / / | D7 / / / | E  / / / | E   / / / |
You can freeze your fingers handling the moon     | Am7/ / / | Bb / C / | G  / / / | G   / / / |

Be careful when they offer you the moon           | E  / / / | C  / / / | G  / / / | Dm/G/ / / |
It's built for dead souls                         | Am / / / | Am / / / |
It's a colourless and dusty ball of holes         | D7 / / / | D7 / / / | E  / / / | E   / / / |
You can break an ankle dancing on the moon        | Am7/ / / | Bb / C / | G  / / / | G   / / / |

When you take the moon you kiss the world goodbye | E  / / / | E  / / / | Am / / / | Am  / / / |
For a chance to lord it over loneliness           | D7 / / / | D7 / / / | D7 / / / | B7  / / / |
And a quarter-million miles down the sky          | E  / / / | E  / / / | Am / / / | Am  / / / |
They'll watch you shining more but weighing less  | D7 / / / | D7 / / / | B7 / / / | B7  / / / |

So be careful when they offer you the moon        | E  / / / | C  / / / | G  / / / | Dm/G/ / / |
It's only dream stuff                             | Am / / / | Am / / / |
It's a Tin Pan Alley prop held up by bluff        | D7 / / / | D7 / / / | E  / / / | E   / / / |
And nobody breathes easy on the moon              | Am7/ / / | Bb / C / | G  / / / | G   / / / |
Nobody breathes easy on the moon                  | Am7/ / / | Bb / C / | G  / / / | G   / / / |
Count to ten when they offer you the moon         | Am7/ / / | Bb / C / | G  / / / | G   / / / |

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