The music
of the night
C G C G
1. Night time, sharpens, heightens each sensation,
C G
F
G
darkness
stirs and wakes imagination,
F C
F C
silently
the senses abandon their defences.
+ F - Bb - C - Dm - Em
C G C G
2. Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendour,
C
G F G
grasp
it, sense it, tremulous and tender.
F C F C
Turn your face away from the
garish light of day,
F Bb F
C
turn
your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light,
Dm G C
and
listen to the music of the night.
Bb D#
Close your eyes and surrender
to your darkest dreams !
G# D
Purge your thoughts of the
life you knew before !
G G7 C
Close your eyes let your spirit
start to soar - - -
Em B7 E
and
you'll live as you've never lived before.
C
G C G
3. Softly, deftly, music shall caress you,
C G
F G
hear
it, feel it, secretly possess you.
F
C F C
Open up your mind, let your
fantasies unwind
F Bb
F
C
in this darkness
which you know you cannot fight,
Dm G C
the
darkness of the music of the night.
Bb D#
Let your mind start a journey
through a strange new world,
G#
D
leave
all thoughts of the world you knew before.
G G7
C
Let your soul take you where
you long to be - - -
Em B7 E
only
then can you belong to me !
C
G C
G
4. Floating, falling, sweet intoxication,
C
G F
G
touch
me, trust me, savour each sensation.
F C F C
Let the dream begin, let your
darker side give in
F Bb F
C
to
the power of the music that I write,
Dm G C
the
power of the music of the night.
+ C - G - C -
G C -
G - F - G F - C - F - C
F Bb F
C
+ You alone can make my
song take flight,
Dm G F
help
me make the music of the - - - night.
+ Fm - F - C
(orig. = capo 1st) (Webber / Stilgoe)