A E
I was there upon
A
A four poster there
E
Mind touseled
A
I came to bear
E
Some thoughts from the past
B7 E7
Amid a dash of influenza
E F# G# A E
And then I came to see in baggage
A E A
The memories of truncated souvenirs.
A/G
The war years
C#7 F#m
High moon I said
C#7 F#m
High moon lighted
E D B7
High moon eye
E7 A
To my moon
E7
A E
Far beyond the blue mist
A
Enveloped lawn
E A
The blanketed night comes on
E A
The champagne is dead and gone
E7 B7 E7
The forest around sensitive sound forest primeval
A E
Through the panes cloud buttermilk
A E
War remains and twisted cross
A A/G
War refrains lunatic so
C#7 F#m
High moon I said
C#7 F#m
High moon lighted
E D B7
High moon eye
E7 A
To my moon
B7
B7 E A
Your age will most probably
E A E G# G#7
Carry away the letters enveloped in carrion
E A C#7 F#m E B7 E
Vague un-pleas-antries of the war
B7 E A
May your son's progenitorship
E A E G# G#7
Of the state haphazardly help him to carry on
E A C#7 F#m E B7 E
God send your son safe home to you
E D
High Moon
B7
You're eye
E7 A
To my moon
