Moonlighting
C ~
C
1. He sees her at the same
table every night,
G
at
the Mexican discotheque,
she
gives him French kisses,
C
he
gives her French cigarettes.
C
They sit at the same table every time,
the
lights are low but their eyes shine,
G
just digging the
music from those sweet soul bands,
she keeps him out of fights, holds on to his hand.
F G
He whispers
slowly: ‘Tonight’s the night’,
C F
months of
planning, so it’s got to be right.
F G7
Under the table
her bag is bursting at the seams,
C F
she made sure to
bring everything.
C
Moonlighting, they’re leaving everything,
G
moonlighting, they’re losing all their
friends,
C
moonlighting, it’s the only way,
G F
it’s frightening, but it means
they’ll stay together,
C G
they’re gonna
make it together, oh oh oh oh oh.
+ C ~ ~
C
2. His blue Norris van is
parked in an alley
G
just
by Montague Street,
G
his friend Eddie, he did the re-spray,
C
so he
couldn’t drive it all last week.
C
And it cost most
of the money he had saved up,
G
to
pay Eddie’s receipt.
G
But he figures it’s worth it, cause the disguise is a must,
C
when they go missing, they’re gonna
look for the van first.
F G
She whispers slowly, “It’ll be
alright,
C
F
I took some cash from my building society,
F G7
and my monthly cheque came in just right,’
C
F
if only they knew
they were giving it away.
+ CHORUS + A
D
3. Nine-fifteen Monday
morning at the printing works,
A
the boss notices someone’s not clocked in.
A
And the water department of
the council offices has a message
D
that Mrs. Park’s
daughter is missing.
D
Meanwhile the
Carlisle turn-off of the M6 Motorway,
drinking
cold black coffee, eating hot-cup cakes,
A
she
stares at him with his beard unshaved,
wonders
at his power of staying awake.
G A7
He whispers slowly, ‘You did
just fine’,
D G
they shared the
driving all through the night.
A7
She laughed: ‘My mother will
have lost her mind,
D G
we’re only ten
miles to Gretna, they’re three hundred behind.
D
Moonlighting, they’re leaving everything,
A
moonlighting, they’re losing all their
friends,
D
moonlighting, it’s the only way,
A G
it’s frightening, but it means
they’ll stay together,
D A
they’re gonna
make it together, oh oh oh oh oh.
+ repeat CHORUS ....
(Leo Sayer)