Key: E
Introduction: E Cº E F#m Cº B7 E
A7 E6 Gº F#m F#m7M Fº B7
I stand at the gate and the song that I sing is of moonlight
E E7M E7 E6 C#7
I stand and I wait for the touch of your hand in the June night
E Cº E F#m Cº B7 E B7
The roses are sighing a moonlight serenade
A7 E6 Gº F#m F#m7M Fº B7
The stars are aglow and tonight how their light sets me dreaming
E E7M E7 E6 C#7
My love, do you know that your eyes are like stars brightly beaming
E CºE F#m Cº B7 E
I bring you and sing you a moonlight serenade
Bridge
A7M Am6
Let us stray til the break of day
Ebm7 G#7 Bm7
In love's valley of dreams
C#7 C#m6 Eb7 C#m6
Just you and I, a summer sky
Eb7 Bm6 C#7 F#m7 B7
A heavenly breeze kissing the trees
A7 E6 Gº F#m F#m7M Fº B7
So don't let me wait come to me tenderly in the June night
E E7M E7 E6 C#7
I stand at the gate and I sing you a song in the moonlight
E Cº E F#m Cº B7
A love song, my darling, a moonlight serenade
A7 E6 Gº F#m F#m7M Fº B7
So don't let me wait come to me tenderly in the June night
E E7M E7 E6 C#7
I stand at the gate and I sing you a song in the moonlight
E Cº E F#m Cº B7
A love song, my darling, a moonlight serenade
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