The Moon Was Yellow

Words & Music by Fred Ahlert & Edgar Leslie
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1953


E7  Am       Bb9    Fdim  E         E7-9  E7   A9
The moon was yellow         and the night was young

Am A9     Am   Asus4 Am   A9     Am  Dm  D9 Dm Dsus4  Dm    D9     Dm  
A smile brought  us  to - geth - er, and I was wond'- ring wheth - er

E7   E7+5 E7  Fdim E7+5 A9   Am
We'd meet a - gain some day.


E7  Am       Bb9    Fdim  E        E7-9 E7   A9
The moon was yellow          and a song was sung,

 Am  A9   Am Asus4 Am    A9    Am  Dm   D9 Dm Dsus4  Dm   D9    Dm  
That vo - cal in - spi - ra - tion gave me the in - cli - na - tion

E7 E7+5 E7 Fdim  E7   Am	Dm   Am
To give my heart a - way!


Bridge:

F       Dm7 G        C7        Gdim      FM7
Here we are.  Is our ro - mance to con - tin - ue?

E7  E7+5 Fdim E7+5 E7 E7+5 A9  Am
Will it   be   my luck to  win you?

F     Dm7  Fdim  E7
May I look that far?


E7  Am     Bb9    Fdim  E       E7-9  E7   A9
My love is mellow        and my hopes are strung

Am   A9   Am  Asus4 Am   A9    Am  Dm        D9    Dm Dsus4 Dm D9    Dm  
A - round that cu - pid fel - low.     Be - hold!  The moon is yel - low,

E7  E7+5 Bb9 Fdim  Am
And the night is  young.

Suggested by recent visitor Gary Rethford.

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.