From: "By the Light of the Moon" (1987) A x-0-7-6-5-5 E6/A x-0-9-9-9-9 D6/A x-0-7-7-7-7 E6 0-x-9-9-9-9 D6 x-5-7-7-7-7 A/C# x-4-x-6-5-5 A/E x-x-2-2-2-0 D/E x-x-2-2-3-2 G/E x-x-2-4-3-3 *E x-x-2-4-5-4 ------------ time signature: 6/8 [Intro] | | / / | | / / | | | / / | | | [Verse] When it’s up to you To figure what’s right and wrong It’s someone else’s parade And yours is an unhappy song [Verse] When it hurts so bad And you feel that you can’t go on Each day goes by too fast And the nights are so very long [Chorus] You’ll find out true What mother said to you That tears of God will show you the way The way to turn [Verse] When your only escape Is a cheap nickel wine And the peace you need in your heart Is so very hard to find [Verse] It’s a stubborn life we lead And there’s never no rest Trouble’s out there looking for you Even when you try your best [Chorus] You’ll find out true What mother said to you The tears of God will show you the way [Middle 8] The way to turn Hide not your head The way to turn Hear what he once said He’ll show you the way For there is a world for you and me Where the blind too can see Through the tears of God [Verse] The son of the maker said This is my cross to bear Taking off of our shoulders Something we should have shared [Chorus] (+ coda) You’ll find out true What mother said to you That tears of God will show you the way The way to turn