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MOONLIGHT SERENADE-Glenn Miller/Mitchell Parish 4/4 1...2...123 (without intro) Intro: | | | | | I stand at your gate, and the song that I sing is of moon-light, I stand, and I wait for the touch of your hand in the June night, The roses are sigh - ing a moonlight sere - nade The stars are a-glow, and to-night how their light sets me dream-ing, My love, do you know that your eyes are like stars, brightly beaming? I bring you, and sing you, a moonlight sere -nade Let us stray, till break of day, in love's valley of dreams Just you and I, a summer sky, a heavenly breeze kissing the trees p.2. Moonlight Serenade So don't let me wait, come to me, tenderly, in the June night, I stand at your gate, and I sing you a song in the moonlight, A love song, my dar - ling, a moonlight serenade. A love song, my dar - ling, a moonlight serenade. MOONLIGHT SERENADE-Glenn Miller/Mitchell Parish 4/4 1...2...123 (without intro) Intro: | F#m7 Bm7 | Em Gm6 Em7 | A13 A7+ | D A7+ | D6 Fdim Em7 Adim A7 I stand at your gate, and the song that I sing is of moon-light, A7+ D DMA7 D D7 B7 I stand, and I wait for the touch of your hand in the June night, Em7b5 F#m7 Bm7 Em Gm6 Em7 A13 A7+ D A7+ The roses are sigh -ing a moonlight sere-nade D6 Fdim Em7 Adim A7 The stars are a-glow, and to-night how their light sets me dream-ing, A7+ D DMA7 D D7 B7 My love, do you know that your eyes are like stars, brightly beaming? Em7b5 F#m7 Bm7 Em Gm6 Em7 A13 A7 Am7 D7 I bring you, and sing you, a moonlight sere-nade GMA7 Gm6 C#m7 F#7 Am6 Let us stray, till break of day, in love's valley of dreams B7+ Bm6 C#7 Bm6 C#7 Am6 B7 Em7 A7b9 Just you and I, a summer sky, a heavenly breeze kissing the trees D6 Fdim Em7 Adim A7 So don't let me wait, come to me, tenderly, in the June night, A7+ D DMA7 D D7 B7 I stand at your gate, and I sing you a song in the moonlight, Em7b5 F#m7 Bm7 Em Gm6 Em7 A13 A7+ D A love song, my dar -ling, a moonlight sere-nade. Em7b5 F#m7 Bm7 Em Gm6 Em7 A13 A7+ D6 A love song, my dar -ling, a moonlight sere-nade. .

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