We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Waiting For The Moon

from Looking At Life by Jan Hauenstein

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $0.75 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

Written by Bruce Cockburn.

lyrics

Waiting for the Moon Bruce Cockburn

Capo 2nd fret

(D) [g-f#-e-d] (Em) [e-e-d-e] (D) (D2) (D) [g-f#-e-d] (Em) [e-e-d-b]
(D)Body lines fluid in static heat, [g-f#-e-d] (Em) [e-e-d-e]
(D) Thoughts buzzing [g]like [f#]flies [e]a[d]round (Em)meat,
(D) Land (Bm)here, (F#m) land (D)there,
(Bm) Quick circles in (hold) the air.
I'm (F#m)riding smooth,
But just a little (Em)slow,
Wai(Em9)ting (Em)for (Em7)the (Em)moon, [E](Em7) [E](Em7)
(Em)Wai(Em9)ting (Em)for (Em7)the (Em)moon
(Em7)To (D)show. [g-f#-e-d] (Em) [e-e-d-e] (D) (D2) (D) [g-f#-e-d] (Em) [e-e-d-b]

(D)Leather-faced old men by the café wall, [g-f#-e-d] (Em) [e-e-d-e]
(D)Kids in the surf, spla[g]shing [f#]with [e]a [d]soccer (Em)ball.
(D) I gaze (Bm)through (F#m) curved (D)lens,
(Bm) Trying to identify the (hold) sky's end.
Little (F#m)spots on the horizon
Into gunboats (Em)grow,
Wai(Em9)ting (Em)for (Em7)the (Em)moon, [E](Em7) [E](Em7)
(Em)Wai(Em9)ting (Em)for (Em7)the (Em)moon
(Em7)To (D)show. [g-f#-e-d] (Em) [e-e-d-e] (D) (D2) (D) [g-f#-e-d] (Em) [e-e-d-b]

(D)Might be a party, might be a war [g-f#-e-d] (Em) [e-e-d-e]
(D)When those faceless sai[g]lors c[f#]o[E]m[d]e a(Em)shore.
(D) Specu(Bm)lation is (F#m) a waste of (D)time.
(Bm) You want to go and have a (hold) glass of wine?
What(F#m)ever's coming,
There's no place else to (Em)go,
Wai(Em9)ting (Em)for (Em7)the (Em)moon, [E](Em7) [E](Em7)
(Em)Wai(Em9)ting (Em)for (Em7)the (Em)moon
(Em7)To (D)show. [g-f#-e-d] (Em) [e-e-d-e] (D) (D2) (D) [g-f#-e-d] (Em) [e-e-d-b] (D)

© Bruce Cockburn, All Rights Reserved

This is the way I play it, slightly different from Cockburn´s version.

janhauenstein@gmx.de

www.janhauenstein.com

credits

from Looking At Life, released September 14, 2011

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Jan Hauenstein image

Jan Hauenstein Göttingen, Germany

More than background music.
You'll hear folk, blues, jazzy songs, rock. Big voice. Albums recommended by Gordon Bok, Harvey Andrews, Jez Lowe and others.
janhauenstein@gmx.de
Why no free uploads? I cover songs. Register them with the German music rights agency GEMA. They hopefully reimburse the artists. The tax authorities demand that I make (not lose) a little money each year... ... more

contact / help

Contact Jan Hauenstein

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Jan Hauenstein, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring interviews with LA music scene pillar Kamasi Washington, and new London-based duo Mrcy.

listen now