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I Saw You Face in the Moon

Webb Pierce

Written by Odis Elder

Key of G · Chords: I IV V VII

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Verse 1

C
I saw your face in the moon honey
                     G7
You threw a smile at me

Verse 2

You pretended that you were happy
                                 C
But in those loving eyes I could see

Verse 3

You were having blue thoughts of bygone
    C7                   F
The days you and I  once knew

Verse 4

But I could see a smile
       C            D7
And it faded with a gloom
                G7          C    D7
When I saw your face in the moon honey
     G7                     C
When I saw your face in the moon

Verse 5

I saw your face in the moon honey
                     G7
You threw a smile at me

Verse 6

You pretended that you were happy
                                 C
But in those loving eyes I could see

Verse 7

You were having blue thoughts of bygone
    C7                   F
The days you and I  once knew

Verse 8

But I could see a smile
       C            D7
And it faded with a gloom
                G7          C    D7
When I saw your face in the moon honey
     G7                     C
When I saw your face in the moon

Verse 9

                G7          C
When I saw your face in the moon