Behind The Moon

Fatima Mansions' mini-album Bertie's Brochures

Released in 1991 by Kitchenware Records.

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INTRO (x4)
 
C 
 
Cadd9 
VERSE 1
 
G 
Green bed of  
Fadd9/G 
bottles, 
 
 
C 
open to the sky  
Cadd9 
G 
Bare head of  
Fadd9/G 
drunk man, the  
C 
beads of sweat go  
Dm7 
dry
F 
He says he’s  
E7 
sorry, 
 
 
Am 
tender as a  
F 
lamb
 
She says, “
C 
Go,” meaning, “
Gm 
Stay,” meaning, “
F 
You have to  
Fadd9 
pay”
CHORUS 1
 
Behind the  
C 
moon, 
 
 
Cadd9 
 
C 
in 
 
 
Cadd9 
the dead  
Gm 
zone
 
In the  
F 
darkness where  
G7sus4 
lovers all are  
C 
blind
 
C 
 
G7sus4/D 
 
C/E 
VERSE 2
 
G 
Sources of  
Fadd9/G 
light in this  
C 
land of the dead  
Cadd9 
G 
Electric 
 
 
Fadd9/G 
shocks and  
C 
blows to the  
Dm7 
head
F 
The silence  
E7 
broken by  
Am 
his voice a
F 
lone
 
Saying, “
C 
Yes,” meaning, “
Gm 
No,” as he  
F 
tears down their  
Fadd9 
home
CHORUS 2
 
Behind the  
C 
moon, 
 
 
Cadd9 
 
C 
in 
 
 
Cadd9 
the dead  
Gm 
zone
 
I’ll still be  
F 
calling, 
 
 
G7sus4 
calling out for  
Am 
you
CHORUS 3
 
Behind the  
C 
moon, 
 
 
Cadd9 
 
C 
when 
 
 
Cadd9 
all hope has  
Gm 
gone
 
Well, what  
F 
else would  
G7sus4 
you have me  
C 
do?
 
C 
 
G7sus4/D 
 
C/E 
OUTRO/FADE
 
G7 
Green 
 
 
Dm 
 
G7 
bed of  
Dm 
bottles
G7 
Green 
 
 
Dm 
bed of  
C 
bottles and bottles and
G7 
Gree
Dm 
 
G7 
 
Dm 
 
G7 
 
Dm 
n 
 
 
C 
 
Oh,  
G7 
broken, 
 
 
Dm 
ooh, 
 
 
G7 
broken, 
 
 
Dm 
ooh
 
It’s  
G7 
gone, 
 
 
Dm 
 
C 
yeah
G7 
Green 
 
 
Dm 
green 
 
 
G7 
green 
 
 
Dm 
bed of bottles
G7 
Green 
 
 
Dm 
green 
 
 
C 
 
G7 
 
Dm 
 
G7 
 
Dm 
 
G7 
 
Dm 
 
C