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Date: 19th October 2004        To: Majicat     From: DJ   
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     The Boy with the Moon & Star on his Head
                        by Cat Stevens (1972)


Intro riff 

    Dsus2/4  D  Dsus2/4      D
E |----0-----h2--p0-------0--h2------------|
B |-------------------3-----------3--------|
G |----0-----h2--p0-------0--h2------------|  (Riff x3)
D |-------------------0-----------0---0----|
A |----------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------|



Verse 1

    D                   G/D             D          G     A      D (riff x2)
A gardener's daughter stopped me on my way on the day I was to wed,
        Em        G                Em   A          D (riff x2)
"It is you who I wish to share my body with", she said,
        D                G/D       D           G     A     D  (riff x2)
"We'll find a dry place under the sky with a flower for a bed,
            Em          G                    Em   A    
And for my joy I will give you a boy with a moon and star...
 Em  A      Em  A            D  (riff x3)
                  ...on his head."
| /  / / / | /  /  /   /   |


Verse 2

      D           G/D          D            G       A      F#m Em D(riff x2)
Her silver hair flowed in the air, laying waves a-cross the sun----,
      Em                  G                 Em        A      D  (riff x2)
Her hands were like the white sands, & her eyes had diamonds on,
     D                 G/D  D          G           A       D (riff x2)
We left the road and headed up to the top of the Whisper Wood,
         Em             G                 Em       A7    D (riff x2)
And we walked till we came to where the holy mag-nolia stood.
  D               G/D      D             G         A     F#m Bm   Em  A
There we lay cool in the shade singing songs and making love---,| / / / / |
D(riff x2)            Em             G              Em    A7      D (riff x2)
          With the naked earth be-neath us and the uni-verse a-bove.



Verse 3 (Whistle)

  D      G   A     D   D4 D2 D   G   A     D Bm A G       A
| / /  | / / / / | / /   /   / | / / / / | /  / / / | / / / / |
  D(riff x4)
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Verse 4

     D                 G/D             D          Bm          A     D 
The time was late my wedding wouldn't wait, I was sad, but I had to go,
(riff x2)      Em              G                  Em        A7   D (riff x2)
         So while she was a-sleep I kissed her cheek for cheer-io,
       D                  G/D    D         G     A
The wedding took place & people came from many miles
  
    D    A       D  B    E   A    D
a-round,
  | /    / / / | /  / /  / | / /  / / |

  Em                G         Em       A       D (riff x2)
There was plenty merriment, cider and wine a-bound,
      D             G/D    D           G            A     D (riff x2)
But, out of all that I re-call, I re-membered the girl I met,
       Em                 G                Em          A       D (riff x4)
'Cause she had given me something that my heart could not for-get.
	
Verse 5

D      G        A      D   D4 D2 D   
  La, la, la!  La-la, la! 
D 	 G        A             D    Bm A   G         
  La, la, la, la!  La-la, la-la, la , la-la, la ! 

                 A          D  (riff x2)
La-la, la!  La, la-la, la - a!

Verse 6

   D                   G/D             D        G         A       F#m
A year had passed and everything was just as it was the  year  be-fore----,
                                                   (just as it was

             Bm           G       A           D (riff x2)
---------------,   as it was the year  be - fore,
the year be-fore,  as it was the year before!)

  Em                  G              Em    A      D (riff x2)
Until the gift that someone left, a basket by my door,
    D                 G/D            D     G    A      D (riff x2)
And in there lay the fairest little baby crying to be fed,
   Em              G                   Em     A
I got down on my knees and kissed the moon & star... 
  Em A       Em   A                   D (riff x4)
| /  / / / | Woh, oh-oh,  ...on his head.


Verse 7

     D               G/D       D             G            A      D (riff x2)
As years went by the boy grew high and the village looked on in awe,
        Em                  G                    Em      A       D (riff x2)
They'd never seen anything like the boy with the moon & star be-fore,
      D                    G/D      D            G        A       D(riff x2)
And people would ride from far and wide just to seek the word he spread,
       Em              G                     Em     A7         D (riff x2)
"I'll tell you every-thing I've learnt, and love is all!, he said.

Verse 8 

D 	    G        A             D   D4 D2 D    
  La, la-la, la, la!  La-la, la-la, la! 
D 	    G        A             D    Bm A   G         
  La, la-la, la, la!  La-la, la-la, la , la-la, la ! 

                 A              D   D4  D2  D
La-la, la!  La, la-la, la, la, la!


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Chords:  

     D      Dsus2/4     G/D        G        A        Em       
  xx0232     xx0030    xx0003   320003    x02220   022000 
     IRM         R          L   MI   R      IMR     MR 
       
    F#m        Bm        B        E        D4        D2
  244222     224432    223332   022100   xx0233    xx0230
  IRLIII     IIRLMI    IIMRLI    MRI        IRL       IR 


(riff x2)- Indicates how many times the intro riff should be played at each break. 
Use a fingerpicking style on the riff with the Thumb and Index fingers picking pairs
of strings together. 
The riff is based around a first position D chord shape, keep the ring finger on the
2nd string whilst hammering on and off the 1st and 3rd strings together,( alternating
between the Dsus2/4 chord and the D major chord.)                


Left hand Fingers:
  
T= Thumb I= Index finger M= Middle finger R= Ring finger L= Little finger

NB: These suggested fingerings of the chords are shown as played with the left hand 
(i.e. for a right handed player.) 

  

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