Shine On Harvest Moon Sound-File
Aid to go with fingerstyle chord-tab. (Standard Tuning, Capo First-Fret)
Fingerstyle Country-Blues Lesson
Story behind the song
To go with a chord-tab I did to help with timing, etc.
Lyrics
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SHINE ON HARVEST MOON
Words by Jack Norworth
Music by Nora Bayes (1908)
Basic Chords Used for Fingerstyle
A brief sound-byte aid for playing can be found at:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=418891&content=songinfo&songID=7741603
The Amnight was mighty dark so you could hardly see,
And the moon refused to E7shine;
AmCouple sittin' underneath the willow tree; for Dlove they G7pined.
The G7little maid was kinda 'fraid of darkness, so
She Csaid, "I guess I'll go."
The Dboy began to sigh, and looked up in the sky,
And told the moon his little tale of Gwoe...D7...G7
(Refrain:)
Fmaj9aug5Shine A7on Fmaj9aug5shine A7on har-A-vest D*moon up in the Dsky
G6I ain't had no Glovin' G6since CJanuary, FFebruary, CJune or July.
Fmaj9aug5Snow A7time Fmaj9aug5ain't A7no time Ato D*stay outdoors and Dspoon,
G6So shine on, shine on, Ghar-G6-vest Cmoon, for Fme and my Cgal."
Am=x02210; E7=020130; D=x00232; D*=x04232; D7=x00212;
G=320003; G7=320001; G6=320030 (or 320000); C=x32010 (and 332010);
F=1x3211 (or 133211); Fmaj7aug5=x02021
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Complete Lyrics
The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see,
And the moon refused to shine;
Couple sittin' underneath the willow tree; for love they pined.
The little maid was kinda 'fraid of darkness, so
She said, "I guess I'll go."
The boy began to sigh, looked up in the sky,
And told the moon his little tale of woe.
(Refrain:)
"Shine on, shine on, harvest moon up in the sky;
I ain't had no lovin' since January, February, June or July.
Snow time ain't no time to stay outdoors and spoon,
So shine on, shine on, harvest moon, for me and my gal."
I can't see why a boy should cry when by his side
Is a girl he loves so true;
All he has to say is, "Won't you be my bride, for I love you."
But why should I be telling you this secret when
I know that you can guess?
Harvest moon will smile, shine on all the while,
If the little girl should answer "Yes"!
(Repeat Refrain)
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