You Know The Night
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Intro:
G C Em7
C Em C Em
D C D G
[Verso 1]
G
You know the night I met you
G G/F# Em G
My eyes had been looking for you all over everywhere
G Em G
Over low roads, down highways
C G
And bald deserts
[Refrão]
G C G
You know the night (You know the night)
G C G
You know the night (You know the night), I met you
[Verso 2]
G
Your eyes had this same shine about them, I noticed
G/F# Em G
When I first looked through the wild wayward mist
G Em G
I felt such a warm friendly cool sunny smile
G C G
That I wanted to look in your eyes for all time
G C Em
And I felt like you feel when you feel like the angels are curling your hair
C Em
And you feel like the devil is scratching your heel
G C Em
I just felt like you feel when you feel like the angels are curling your hair
C G
And you feel like the devil is scratching your heel
[Refrão]
G C G
You know the night (You know the night)
G C G
You know the night (You know the night)
G C G
Did you feel this way too when I met you
G C G C G
You know the night (You know the night), I first met you (You know the night)
[Verso 3]
G C G
Did you look at me and think here's this guy who hopes like I hope
G C G
And sees the same kind of dreams I see?
G C G
Because you wondered I know, if your hopes could find shape
G C G
In the words that we used there to work back the fog
G C G
Your hopes and your plans for the good of the people
G C G
Could all of your hundred and one dreams just as bright as the sun
G C G C G
And all of your wants and your hottest desires find shape in the flow of my talk
[Refrão]
G C G
You know the night (You know the night)
G C G
You know the night (You know the night), I first met you
[Verso 4]
G
And if my jellied brain turns to ashes and sand
G/F# Em G
There will still be such night smiles across all the land
G Em G
There will still be such faces meeting here in the dark
G C G
And there around the corner or maybe in the park
G C G
It's when we meet this way and look at each other
G C G
We get a hold of our scattered aims and we bring them and beat them and
G C G
Wrestle and fight them and heat them, and beat them and weld them together
G C G
Like iron from the valley, and fire from the sky
G C G
Like iron from the valley, and fire from the sky
G C G
Like iron from the valley, and fire from the sky
G C G
This blast furnace heat burns in our peoples eyes
[Refrão]
G C G
You know the night (You know the night)
G C G
You know the night (You know the night)
[Verso 5]
G
You know the night I met you
G G/F# Em G
My eyes had been looking for you all over everywhere
G Em G
Over low roads, down highways
C G
Bald deserts
G C Em
And I felt like you feel when you feel like the angels are curling your hair
C Em
And you feel like the devil is scratching your heel
G C Em
I just felt like you feel when you feel like the angels are curling your hair
C G
And you feel like the devil is scratching your heel
Outro:
G C Em C
Em C D Em C
G C Em D C
Em D C
Em D C D G
How to play You Know The Night
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is G. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.