The iconic classic from Dewey Cox and the 2007 bipic Walk Hard. I like to play this on my 12-string. I put
the B major chord in here, but you could use a B7 as well to spice it up.
[Intro]
e|-------0----------0---------0----------0--|
B|----0----------0---------0----------0-----|
G|-1----------2--------1----------2---------|
D|-2----------2--------2----------2---------|
A|-2----------0--------2----------0---------|
E|-0-------------------0--------------------|
[Verse 1]
E
The purple moon is rising
F#min
I can see it
A
The Coyotes are cryin'
B
Can't you hear it?
C#min
The anger is a'risin'
A
Why conceal it?
F#min B
There's a change a happenin'
E (intro figure)
Oh, I can feel it
[Verse 2]
E
Hello pretty woman
F#min
With the long dark dirty hair
A
The sandals on your feet
B
Tell me your not from around here
C#min
I'd like to tell you stories
A
Of young folks waking up
F#min
And new ways of living
B
And of love
[Verse 3]
E
The purple moon is rising
F#min
I can see it
F#min B
There's a change a'happenin
E
Oh, I can feel it
Repeat Intro
[Bridge]
C#min
Underneath my pillow
A
Is a tooth no fairy took
F#min
Now the world is ours
B
We don't need no dusty book
E
So, hello angel, sweetheart,
F#min
With the torn and tattered jeans
A B
Take my hand and listen to my song
C#min
'Cos sometimes it seems I'm dreamin
A
In a fog enfolded haze
F#min B
But there's a new day a'dawnin'
[Outro]
F#min B
Well there's a change a'happenin'
F#min B
I said a change is happenin'
Repeat Intro figure on top of this and end on E chord
I can feel it