Swinging On the Moon

Words & Music by Mel Torme
Recorded by Mel Torme, 1953


C       C/B      Bm7-5  Gdim        A7
Are you tired of summer nights and noons?

C      C/B            Bm7-5 Gdim   A7
Do you yawn when they speak sunny Spain?

F                  Dm7      G       C  C/B  A
Could you live without ever seeing old Rangoon?

Gdim Dm       Dm+7    Dm7       G               C   ||: C - Gm :||
Then come with me and let's go swingin' on the moon.


C       C/B    Bm7-5   Gdim    A7
Have you had enough of London fog,

C        C/B      Bm7-5     Gdim       A7
New York snow and Cal - i - forn - ia smog?

F                Dm7   G         C  C/B  A
Would you say "arriva derci" to Rome in June?

Gdim Dm      Dm+7    Dm7       G               C
Then fly with me and let's go swingin' on the moon.



Bridge 1:

Dm    Dm+7   Dm7       G7     C
Let's have a honeymoon on the moon, honey,

C   C/B      Am7    Am7/G   B7
Far from the noisy earth below;

E   A9      E    A9     E       A9     B7
And if your mama asks, "Why the moon," honey,

     B7                        G7
Just tell her your feller has gone inter-stellar.


C        C/B           Bm7-5    Gdim    A7
Grab your hat and we'll head off in the blue

C    C/B       Bm7-5     Gdim      A7
In a lit - tle rock - et built for two;

F                 Dm7         G     C   C/B      A
Baby, we're gonna blast off, and before we're through,

       G         C    C/B     Am7     Am7/G Fm   Fdim  Bb9
We'll leave the cares that we know on terra fir - ma below

      C      Cdim        Dm7     G        C
While we go singin' and swingin' on the moon.



Bridge 2:

      Dm   Dm+7   Dm7     G7       C
Hey, let's grab a holiday on the moon, honey,

C   C/B      Am7   Am7/G     B7
Far from the hustle of  the crowd;

 E   A9      E    A9     E       A9     B7
And if your folks ask about our house, honey,

      B7                 G7
Tell mater and pater we live in the crater.


C     C/B           Bm7-5   Gdim    A7
We're really gonna enjoy a life of ease,

C         C/B       Bm7-5    Gdim         A7
Livin' on moonlight cocktails and green cheese;

F                 Dm7      G      C  C/B   A
Mister and Missus Space Commuter, if you please -

G         C    C/B     Am7     Am7/G    Fm  Fdim      Bb9
And in a few years we might produce our own sat - e - lite

      C     Cdim        Dm7      G       C
While we go singin' and swingin' on the moon.



Coda:

C                Gm   C - Gm C           Gm     C - Gm
Swingin' on the moon...      moonlight cocktail...

C            Gm      C - Gm  C      Gm   C - Gm
Moonlight becomes you...     blue moon...

C     Gm    C - Gm  C       Gm  C - Gm     C          Gm  C - Gm
Moon over Miami...  velvet moon...     how high the moon...

C               Gm      C - Gm       C        Gm    C - Gm
Don't let the moon get away...  the moon was yellow...

        C             Cdim
We're singin', we're swingin',

       C            Cdim     Dm7     C
We're singin' and a swingin' on the moon.



 
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