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(A)Once up on a time I tried to get my self to geth er,
(E)be more like the sky and wel come ev ’ry kind of weath er,
(B)be more ea gle like and find the flight in ev ’ry feath er.
(D)Once up on a time, but I’m still try ing to get bet ter.
(F#)May be I’m just cra zy.
I should just be a brick in the wall,
sit and watch the T V, blame ev ’ry one else for it all.
But I’m try ing to trust in the heav ens a bove, and I’m try ing to trust in a world full of love, fi re and wa ter, and con stant ly dream of (D)bal ance of things and the mu sic be tween.
If there’s (A)an y one out there, I’m close to the end.
If there’s (D)an y one out there,
I
(D)friend.
This page shows “Moon Music” by Coldplay in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of A at 44 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.
This arrangement sits in A major, so make sure your fingers are comfortable with those three sharps — F♯, C♯, and G♯ should feel automatic before you start putting phrases together. At 44 BPM the tempo is genuinely slow, which sounds easy but actually exposes every uneven transition and premature release, so lean on the sustain pedal to connect your chords smoothly while keeping your changes clean underneath. I'd suggest learning the left-hand pattern first on its own until the chord shapes sit in your muscle memory, then layer the right hand in short four-bar loops rather than playing start to finish. Watch for moments where your right hand has to stretch over wider melodic intervals — at this tempo you have time, so use it and place each note deliberately instead of lunging. The trickiest stumbling point is usually rushing through held notes because the pace feels "too slow"; trust the space and let each chord breathe fully. This is a fantastic piece for training expressive pedal control and confident, unhurried phrasing — skills that will level up everything else you play.