Who Taught The Night
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E G Am
I walk the streets alone like a man forsaken
D G
You say you can't find me it's a point well taken
C D Em Em/7
I get advice I live it to the letter
C D G
I say I don't love you but know you know better
Am D
But this time the night won't make it right
Am D
This time the night won't make it right
Em A
Oh who taught the night who taught the night
Em A
Who taught the night who taught the night
Em A
Who taught the night who taught the night
Em A
Who taught the night to be lonely
F G F G F G F G
G Am
We're standing at the corner of your love and mine
D G
We touch for a moment but you're so hard to find
C D Em Em7
I can see baby how this one ends
C D G
I'm winning lovers and losing friends
Am D
But this time the night won't make it right
Am D
This time the night won't make it right
Em A
Oh who taught the night who taught the night
Em A
Who taught the night who taught the night
Em A
Who taught the night who taught the night
Em A
Who taught the night to be lonely
E A E A
Em A
Oh who taught the night who taught the night
Em A
Who taught the night who taught the night
Em A
Who taught the night who taught the night
Em A
Who taught the night to be lonely
F G F G F G F G
Copyright @ 1980 Bar None Music/Lovelust Music(BMI)
From the "City" LP Capital Records
McGuinn/Clark/Hillman Little Mama written by Gene Clark
D Bm
Little Mama now you really let me know
G A D
That this time you love me so oh oh oh
D Bm
We were hard pressed and we nearly lost some time now that time is
left
G A D
Behind oh oh oh
Bm
Everybody's talking about it
G D A
But they just don't seem to understand
Bm
Everybody's talking about it
G D A
But they just don't seem to understand
D Bm
Little Mama now you really want to know
G A D
That this time we're gonna go oh oh oh
Bm
Little Mama now you really let me know
G A D
That this time you love me so oh oh oh
Bm
Everybody's talking about it
G D A
But they just don't seem to understand
Bm
Everybody's talking about it
D Bm D
Little Mama let me know Little Mama love me so
Copyright @ 1978 Gene Clark Music(BMI)
From the "McGuinn Clark & Hillman" LP Capital Records 1979
MCH Backstage Pass written by Gene Clark
Dm G
Ten feet away from the judgement day
Dm G
Ten feet away from the runway
C Am Em
Tell your girlfriend there's a party in town
F G
And she can come and she can stay
Dm G
I've been a hotel room and a day on the road
Dm G
I've been a stone for every hole in the road
C Am Em
Hey O there's a stage for every star in the show
F G
And there's a star from every stage
C G
Ten feet away from the stage she can stand
Dm F G
Hey O do you know if she'll think that it's grand
C G
Ten feet away she has the stage in her hands
Dm F G
Hey O does she know that she's a star in the show
C F C Dm G
Hey O hey O hey O
Dm G
There was a girl in California they say
Dm G
She sold her ticket to ride and then she gave it away
C Am Em
She only wanted someone coming her way
F G
Never the one coming to stay
C G
Ten feet away from the stage she can stand
Dm F G
Hey O do you know if she'll think that it's grand
C G
Ten feet away she has the stage in her hands
Dm F G
Hey O does she know that she's a star in the show
C F C
Hey O hey O hey O
Copyright @ 1978 Gene Clark Music(BMI)
From the "McGuinn Clark Hillman" LP Capital Records 1979
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