This is the chords of Blue Moon Rising by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
[Intro] Cm
[Verse 1] Cm
When the night is falling
And the land is cold
And that secret you found in your pocket
Will remain untold
There’s a storm out on the horizon
And it’s coming our way
By the light of the blue moon rising
Shall we just run away?
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[Instrumental] Cm
[Verse 2] Cm
Will I meet you down on the corner?
Where out hopes and dreams were sold
By the poet and the loner
On the streets we paved with gold
The deeper that you get, the more that you’ll regret
Living on the edge of the night
But the blazing sunset in your eyes Ab
Means more to me than life
[Chorus] Fm
‘Cause you make me feel electric
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Beauty in truth is hard to find AbGm
Some of us bleeding and some of us needing to find a way
[Interlude]
Cm Bb Gm Ab BB Cm x4 Ab
[Chorus] Fm
‘Cause you make me feel electric
Beauty in truth is hard to find AbFmAb
Some of us bleeding and some of us needing to find a way Fm
It’s getting closer, can you feel it?
I’m glad that I found you just in time AbGm
Some of us bleeding and some of us needing to find a way
[Instrumental] Cm
[Outro] Cm
Now the night has fallen
And the land is cold
But that secret you found in your pocket
To remain untold
How to play Blue Moon Rising: key, chords and progression
Blue Moon Rising by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds is built around C minor (three flats: B♭, E♭, A♭), with 4 chords in all: Cm, Ab, Fm and Gm.
The progression the song keeps returning to is Ab – Fm – Ab – Gm (VI – iv – VI – v in C minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes Am, F, Dm, Em (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.
