By my side    (video)

 

    F ~ ~        +   F - C - Dm - G (2x)

 

    Am                       C     - Am                      C

1.      In the dark of night,        those small hours,

             Dm                      - E                 Am

    uncertain and anxious,       I need to call you.

 

+  F - C - Dm - G

 

    Am                           C          - Am                        C

2.      Room’s full of strangers,         some call me friend,

             Dm                         E         Am

    but I wish you were so close to me.

Am                      C       - Am                      C

    In the dark of night,          those small hours,

       Dm                    E           Am

    I drift away when I’m with you.

 

                        C                F                            C                 F

In the dark of night by my side, in the dark of night by my side,

Am                         - F                              - G

    I wish you were,      I wish you were !

 

    Am                              C     - Am                         C

3.       Here comes the clown,       his face to the wall,

          Dm             E      Am

    no window, no air at all.

Am                       C      - Am                                C

    In the dark of night,           those faces, they haunt me,

             Dm                         E         Am - G

    but I wish you were so close to me.               +  CHORUS (2x)

 

    Am                       C       - Am                              C

2.      In the dark of night,          these faces, they haunt me,

             Dm                         E        Am

    but I wish you were so close to me !

               Dm                   E       Am

    Yes, I wish you were by my side.

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (INXS)