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From: etlnbb@etlxd20.ericsson.se ( neil bergin xd/gk)
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 93 09:45:09 BST
Subject: CRD: Moonlight Shadow - Mike Oldfield
Moonlight Shadow
Written by Mike Oldfield
Sung by Maggie Reilly
Transcribed by N.B
Chords: E B C#m A B
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------9----------------------------------------------------|
G|---------9-11---11-9---------8----------8-99-88----8-9-11----------|
D|-------9-------------11-9-11-------9h11---------11--------9--------|
A|-------------------------------9-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#m A
The last that ever she saw him
B E B
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
C#m A
He passed on worried and warning
B E B
Carried away by a moonlight shadow.
E B
Lost in a river last Saturday night
C#m A B
Far away on the other side.
E B
He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight
C#m A B
And she couldn't find how to push through
C#m A
The trees that whisper in the evening
B E B
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
C#m A
Sing a song of sorrow and grieving
B E B
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
E B
All she saw was a silhouette of a gun
C#m A B
Far away on the other side.
E B
He was shot six times by a man on the run
C#m A B
And she couldn't find how to push through
B
I stay I pray
E A B
I see you in heaven far away
B
I stay I pray
E A B
I see you in heaven far away
C#m A
Four am in the morning
B E B
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
C#m A
I watched your vision forming
B E B
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
E B
Star was light in a silvery night
C#m A B
Far away on the other side
E B
Will you come to talk to me this night
C#m A B
But she couldn't find how to push through
B
I stay I pray
E A B
I see you in heaven far away
B
I stay I pray
E A B
I see you in heaven far away
Solo
(Use same chords for one verse TWICE for solo)
Far away on the other side.
E B C#m A B
Caught in the middle of a hundred and five
E B
The night was heavy but the air was alive
C#m A B
She couldn't find how to push through
C#m A B E B
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
C#m A B E B
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
E B C#m A B
Far away on the other side.
TAB & CRD transcribed by N.B
Lyrics transcribed by Dave datta@cs.uwp.edu
http://www.guitarmasta.net/m/mike_oldfield/.html
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Rhythm Player |
#1 by riotsk8team001 (jason) at Sep 28, 2007 at 3:08 AM EST |
| I've always wanted to know what this means/what its about, especially the line 'caught in the middle of 105'. Love the song anyway :] | |
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joel Average |
#2 by joel christman at Sep 28, 2007 at 4:24 PM EST |
| I haven't heard this song for a while and don't know a great deal about it - I remember my mum always used to think it was about someone killed by the IRA or another terrorist group in Northern Ireland - maybe cos of the celtic undertone... I don't know though, just an idea. | |
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Chad Wanna Be |
#3 by Chad Barri at Oct 3, 2007 at 5:56 AM EST |
| I think that the line 'Caught in the middle of 105' refers to how many people were between the woman and her love. I mean, the lines that say 'She couldn't find a way to push through' denote to me that this was some sort of fight that others were watching, and those gathered around were making it hard for her to get to him. That's what I think, the 105 is the crowd she's stuck in. | |
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Sal Average |
#4 by Sal With The Lights Out at Oct 6, 2007 at 7:10 AM EST |
| This is a wonderful song. I have so many versions of it... like 4 or 5... it's really really nice. When I first heard it, it was the very upbeat version, by Mike Oldfield, (Trance Remix), and I didn't hear the lyrics fully. When I finally read them, I realized how sad the song was, but it only made me like it more. I just can't get over how good this song is. Personally I think this song is about a woman who lost the one she loved most in her life, and she can't seem to go without him. Carried away by a moonlight shadow is referred to how he was killing under the moonlight, and taken away... It tells of how she wishes to be with him, and that she thinks about him all the time... though I am not sure about that one line... Caught in the middle of a hundred and five... Still, a great song, everyone should have this... =) | |
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Jp Wanna Be |
#5 by Jp Collins at Oct 6, 2007 at 2:02 PM EST |
| Does this song remind anybody else of West Side Story? | |
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Joan Average |
#6 by Joan Rius at Oct 10, 2007 at 12:13 AM EST |
| i love this song so much i think it's one of the best | |
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Josh Average |
#7 by Josh Sanchez at Oct 11, 2007 at 5:49 AM EST |
| "I hereby ask everybody who's making theories about the 105 being people to listen to that specific part closely - use headphones if you want... it say "caught in the middle of -A- hundred-and-five". The "a" is the important part, since it immediately rules out 105 people, the 105th street or whatever. Instead, this is a prime example of a police code. (never watched Kojak?) "We have a 105 here." =) So it IS about a robbery." Er, while I'm happy to accept that it may well be a police code, I just wanted to point out that it DOESN'T rule out the "105 people" *A* hundred and five PEOPLE still makes perfect sense to me! :) And yes, that's what I always interpreted it as... a woman struggling to get through a crowd to reach her dying lover... who probably shouldn't have been caught up in the "desperate fight" anyway. So sad, but the Celtic undertone does make it so beautiful and so addictive! | |
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Randy Lead Player |
#8 by Randy Lott at Oct 13, 2007 at 11:10 AM EST |
| I can see how this could be interpereted as an Ode to Lennon or whatever, but the actual music gives us a folk-western kind of flavour. I believe perhaps it wasn't a robber but a convicted killer of sorts... | |
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Matt Average |
#9 by Matt Waas at Oct 17, 2007 at 12:47 AM EST |
| A song about Yoko Ono, John Lennon and, to a lesser extent, Mark Chapman. | |
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Robyn Average |
#10 by Robyn Paul at Oct 17, 2007 at 1:03 PM EST |
| I can see how this could be interpereted as an Ode to Lennon or whatever, but the actual music gives us a folk-western kind of flavour. I believe perhaps it wasn't a robber but a convicted killer of sorts... | |
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SLUT Badass |
#11 by SLUT at Oct 18, 2007 at 3:53 AM EST |
| really? I wouldn't have thought it. I was of the opinion that it was an epic western tale, featuring a gunfight, pretty salloon lady & stuff. but probably not, no. Oldfield fans, unite & make sense of this! | |
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Perfect Pervers Rhythm Player |
#12 by Perfect Perversion™ at Oct 18, 2007 at 11:50 AM EST |
| Someone mentioned police vodes...10-105 is robbery...I can see how robbery would fit in here...the man got caught in the middle of a robber trying to make his escaped and so the robber shot him. The only thing is, what robber, making a getaway, would stop to shoot six times? And I don't think the song is about Lennon and Yoko...she was right next to him when he was shot. Personally though I interpret the song to be somewhere right on the borded of the "Wild West" - where there's still outlaws and robberies, but there's also a nice forest. | |
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