By the Light Of the Silv'ry Moon
Words & Music by Edward Madden & Gus Edwards
Recorded by Doris Day, 1953


D9  A7  D   G/B D    D9   D    D9    D  G  G/F#  Em7
By the light      of the sil - ver - y moon 

  G/B       A7   Em7   A7
I want to spoon

   Em7  A    A9  A     D6  Cdim    A7
To my  hon - ey I'll croon love's tune

D9     A7  D   G/B D      D9   D    D9    D  G  G/F#  E7
Hon - ey moon,       keep a - shi - nin' in June

E7alt G6    Gdim  D    G/B  Edim  Gdim     D
Your  sil - v'ry beams will bring love's dreams

 G/B  Edim  D    D9   D    B7  G  Em7  Em  A7/6      A7  D
We'll   be cud - dl - in' soon    by   the sil- ver - y moon


D9  A7  D             G/B            D
By the light (not the dark but the light) 

   D9   D    D9    D  G            G/F#        Em7
Of the sil - ver - y moon (not the sun but the moon)

  G/B       A7         Em7      A7
I wan - na spoon (not croon but spoon)

   Em7 A    A9  A    D6   Cdim    A7
To my hon - ey I'll croon love's tune

D9    A7    D             G/B             D      
Hon - ey - moon (hon - ey moon, hon - ey moon), 

D    D9   D    D9   D  G    G/F#  E7
Keep a - shi - nin' in June

E7alt G6    Gdim  D    G/B  Edim  Gdim     D
Your  sil - v'ry beams will bring love's dreams

G/B  Edim  D    D9   D    B7  G  
We'll be  cud - dl - in' soon 

Em7  Em A7/6        A7  D  Dalt    G          Gdim D
By  the sil - ver - y moon (by the sil - ver - y  moon)



Suggested by frequent visitor James Andrews. If you're familiar with Day's version of this song, then you're already aware that I've omitted two rather lengthy dialogs used as a bridges in her recording. My reasoning is that outside of her recording, I've never heard them anywhere else -- which makes me suspect most people have never heard them at all.