Moonburn

Words & Music by Eddie Heyman & Hoagy Carmichael
Recorded by Bing Crosby, 1934


D7             G                 Am7              G     G/F#  Em7
Now, if you're thinkin' that I'm lookin' somewhat tanner,

A7/9     D9         Am7 D7     G
Don't go blamin' it     on the sun.

D7        G                 Am7              G     G/F#  Em7
It's the moonlight and the sweetness in your manner

 A7/9   D9       Am7    D7       G
That's makin' me    the healthy one.

          D  Fdim    D  Gdim        A7
When the moon hangs low, I begin to glow

A7     Cdim     A7  Gdim   D7
And my day has just  be - gun.


    D9    Am7 D7 G9     G9    D9       Am7 D7    G
I'm gonna get a moonburn when I'm with you to - night;

    D9    Am7 D7    G9                  E7  Bm7-5  A7
So very soon, I'll moon - burn when you hold  me  tight.

     C        C/B     Am7  D7    G     G/F#  Em
I'll ask the glowing stars up above me 

           C    D7     G
What your lips will impart;

     C        C/B       Am7   B7
And when they flash the word that you love me,

     E7             Bm7-5    A7
You know it's gonna warm my heart.

D9        Am7    D7   G9     G6     D9     Am7 D7    G
I'll get a brand new moonburn  with every kiss from you.

    G7   C    C9 Am7  G   B7  E7   A7          Gdim D7    G
And if I have my way, get my say, you'll get a moonburn, too.


    Am7          D9  D7   G               D9       Am7      D7    G
Oh, I'm catchin' me some moonburn, when I getcha alone with me tonight.

    D9    Am7 D7    G9                E7 Bm7-5 A7
So very soon, I'll moonburn when you hold  me tight.

     C        C/B     Am7  D7    G     G/F#  Em
I'll ask the glowing stars up above me 

           C        D7           G
Tell, me what your lips will impart;

     C        C/B       Am7   B7
And when they flash the word that you love me,

 E7        Bm7-5    A7
Ooh, it'll warm my heart.


D9   Am7      D7                 G9       G6  
I'm get me a brand new kind of a moonburn 

    D9            Am7  D7   G
With ev'ry kiss I get from you

     G7   C  C9 Am7  G   B7  E7   A7          Gdim D7    G
And if I get my way, get my say, you'll get a moonburn, too --

     B7     E7    A7           Am7  D7    G  Am7  G6
Keep under cover, you'll get a moonburn, too.


This one is a little obscure, even by my standards, but the chord progression really lends itself to "jazzing up" with an instrumental break in the middle that I'm not putting in here. Like so many songs of this era, there's enough color in the original to stand up just as its written...and enough framework to let a player launch off on his or her own, if the urge arises.


 
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.