An obscure, but very nice melodic song from 1987. There are 3 chord versions here: the
4:04 single, the 6:38 blues mix, and the 8:00 extended version. Both the single and the
blues mix were available on the UK CD single along with 2 other tunes, and on the
Silencers first album "A Letter from St. Paul". I haven't found where the extended version
came from, but it may be a US only mix. All 3 are great tunes on their own. Times
shown are elapsed time from the start; by Marty Lurvey. http://www.thesilencers.info/
Single Version (4:04 long)
Riff
e|--------------------|
B|--3--2--------------|
G|--------2--0-2--4---|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
D C# A G A B
Intro < drums & lead guitar > 0:08
Verse 1
Riff
E A E A Bm
Woo hoo, woo hoo,
Riff
Walking home in the rain
Riff
Blood runs cold in my veins
Riff
News from a distant shore
E A
Blues like never before 0:33
E A
The moon is new
Riff Riff
Bm
The moon is full
E A E A
The moon is blue
F#
The moon is cruel, painted moon. 1:00
Chorus
Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
A Asus2 A
So the angels say. 1:15
Bm Bm7 Bm
Running to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels flying up above,
A Asus4 A
Phantoms in the bay,
A Asus2 A
While the natives pray
Riff
Bm
To the painted moon 1:34
Verse 2
Riff
I wash my face and get dressed
Riff
Time cuts into my wrist
Riff
So who invents our dreams
E A
The hands that hold the machine 1:50
E A
The moon is blue
F#
The moon is cruel, painted moon 2:02
Chorus
Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
A Asus2 A
So the angels say. 2:17
Bm Bm7 Bm
Running to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels flying up above,
A Asus4 A
Phantoms in the bay,
A Asus2 A
While the natives pray,
Bm / / / / / / / D / / / / / / / A / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
To the painted moon, painted moon, painted
Bm / / / / / / / D / / / / / / / A / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Moon, painted moon. 3:03
Chorus & outro
Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
A Asus2 A
So the angels say. 3:18
Bm Bm7 Bm
Running to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels flying up above,
A Asus4 A
Phantoms in the bay,
A Asus2 A
While the natives pray,
G Bm
To the painted moon, ooooo, 3:41
Riff Riff
Painted moon,
Riff Riff
Painted moon, oooo,
Riff Riff
Painted moon... < fadeout > 4:04
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Blues Mix (6:38 long)
Riff
e|--------------------|
B|--3--2--------------|
G|--------2--0-2--4---|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
D C# A G A B
Intro < drums & keyboard & bass & some voice > 0:41
< drums & bass & some voice & harmonica > 1:32
< drums & bass & some voice & lead guitar > 2:26
Verse 1
Riff
E A E A Bm
Riff
Walking home in the rain,
Riff
Blood runs cold in my veins,
Riff
News from a distant shore,
E A
Blues like never before, 2:51
E A
The moon is new
Riff Riff
Bm
The moon is full,
E A E A
The moon is blue,
F#
The moon is cruel, painted moon. 3:18
Chorus
Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
A Asus2 A
So the angels say. 3:33
Bm Bm7 Bm
Running to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels flying up above,
A Asus4 A
Phantoms in the bay,
A Asus2 A
While the natives pray
Riff
Bm
To the painted moon 3:51
Verse 2
Riff
I wash my face and get dressed,
Riff
Time cuts into my wrist,
Riff
So who invents our dreams,
E A
The hands that hold the machine, 4:08
E A
The moon is blue,
F#
The moon is cruel, painted moon. 4:19
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/silencers/painted_moon_crd.html ]
Chorus
Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
A Asus2 A
So the angels say. 4:35
Bm Bm7 Bm
Running to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels flying up above,
A Asus4 A
Phantoms in the bay,
A Asus2 A
While the natives pray,
Bm / / / / / / / D / / / / / / / A / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
To the painted moon, painted moon, painted
Bm / / / / / / / D / / / / / / / A / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Moon, painted moon. 5:21
Chorus & outro
Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
A Asus2 A
So the angels say. 5:36
Bm Bm7 Bm
Running to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels flying up above,
A Asus4 A
Phantoms in the bay,
A Asus2 A
While the natives pray,
G Bm
To the painted moon, ooooo, 5:59
Riff Riff Riff Riff
Painted moon, 6:15
Riff Riff Riff Riff
Painted moon, 6:30
Riff
I say... < fadeout > 6:38
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Extended Version (8:00 long)
Here here are the chords, with bass notes for the 6-string when there is no 6-string playing.
Bass notes played on 6-string guitar: Riff (6 string guitar)
e|---------------------------------- e|-----------------------|
B|---------------------------------- B|--3--2-----------------|
G|---------------------------------- G|--------2--0-2--4------|
D|----------0----------------------- D|-----------------------|
A|-2-----2-----0--------------2----- A|-----------------------|
E|----2--------------------0-------- E|-----------------------|
B F# B D A E
A D C# A G A B
Intro – instrumental
< Keyboard and percussion only > 0:33
< Bass added and occasional guitar chord or notes >
B / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / F# / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 0:47
X2: B / / / / / / / D / / / / / / / A / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 1:17
< lyric > To the painted moon... 1:19
< Keyboard, percussion, bass, and occasional lead guitar > 2:03
B (bass)
Verse 1 < start regular song with lyrics and guitars >
Riff
E A E A Bm
Woo hoo, woo hoo,
Riff
Walking home in the rain
Riff
Blood runs cold in my veins
Riff
News from a distant shore
E A
Blues like never before 2:26
E A
The moon is new
Riff Riff
Bm
The moon is full
E A E A
The moon is blue
F#
The moon is cruel, painted moon. 2:51
Chorus
Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
A Asus2 A
So the angels say. 3:10
Bm Bm7 Bm
Running to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels flying up above,
A Asus4 A
Phantoms in the bay,
A Asus2 A ]
While the natives pray... 3:25
Bridge < bass guitar and percussion only >
B / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
To the painted moon, I wash my face and get dressed,
E / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / F# / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
The moon is blue, painted moon 3:52
Instrumental < all bass guitar & keyboard & percussion >
X2: B / / / / / / / D / / / / / / / A / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 4:22
Chorus
Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
A Asus2 A
So the angels say.
Bm Bm7 Bm
Running to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels flying up above,
A Asus4 A
Phantoms in the bay,
A Asus2 A ]
While the natives pray... 4:51
Bm / / / / / / / D / / / / / / / A / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
To the painted moon, painted moon, painted
5:08
Bm / / / / / / / D / / / / / / / A / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Moon, painted moon. 5:22
< bass & percussion only >
B / / / / / / / D / / / / / / / A / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 5:38
Chorus
Bm Bm7 Bm
Coming to the rescue,
D Dsus4 D
Angels from another world,
A Asus4 A
Love is here to stay,
A Asus2 A
So the angels say... 5:53
G Bm
Painted moon, oooo, painted moon, oooo, painted moon... 6:12
Outro
< bass & percussion & harmonica > 7:08
B (bass)
< add guitar lead > 8:00
