The music of the night    (video)    (midi)

 

     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)