By The Light of the Silvery Moon Chorus Only
Copyright 1909
Key: F
Music by Gus Edwards
Lyrics by Ed Madden

File Created 04/27/2019

Chords and Lyrics Provided by Judy Muldawer and Nikos Voutsinas
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Chorus 1:

       F
By the light
               G7
Of the silvery moon
          C7
I want to spoon
                 F     Gbdim  Gm7 C7
To my honey I'll croon love's tune

      F
Honey-moon,
                  Bb   D7Gm
Keep a shining in June
     Bbm6    F          Bbm6       F
Your sil-vry beams will bring love dreams,
                  G7   Gm7
We'll be cuddlin' soon
       C7      F    Gm7C7
By the silvery moon.

Chorus 2:

       F
By the light (not the dark but the light)
               G7
Of the silvery moon (not the sun but the moon)
          C7
I want to spoon (not knife but spoon)
                 F     Gbdim  Gm7 C7
To my honey I'll croon love's tune

      F
Honey-moon, (not the sun but the moon)
                  Bb   D7Gm
Keep a shining in June  (not May, but June)
     Bbm6    F          Bbm6       F
Your sil-vry beams will bring love dreams,
                  G7   Gm7
We'll be cuddlin' soon  (not later, but soon)
       C7      F
By the silvery moon.
         C#7[gold-[C7F
(not the en moon!)

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