[INTRO] (single notes) [ C5 , C5 , C5 , C5 ] x 3; (run up on bass): [ G5 , G#5 , A5 , A#5 ] 
Chords: ( C5 , C5 , Bb5 , C5 ;   C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5 ) x 2

[V1]

C5    C5        Bb5    C5               C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5        
Mama get your shoes on
    C5     C5        Bb5 C5             C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5
And Daddy get your hat
    C5       C5       Bb5 C5            C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5
The workin' week is over
   C5          C5           Bb5 C5      C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5
So let's just leave it at that
   F5     F5              Eb5  F5       F5 , Eb5 , Bb5 , F5
We talk about it on the telephone
F5      F5        Eb5 F5                F5 , Eb5 , Bb5 , F5
Makin' plans to meet
D5
Something's gonna happen
D5                                     G5
Tonight between the full moon and the streets
[ A5 capella]
(bass) Get outa your seat (regular voice) It's Friday night->

[CHORUS] 

  A5            A5       A5  [ A5 ]   [ B5 ]     [ C5 ]
->night  Friday night in America Oh Friday night*->
   C5             C5
->*night, Friday night in America
E5
Hit the lights
F5
Hold on tight
G5                              
  It's Friday night , y'all

[ G5 , G#5 , A5 , A#5 ]          C5 , C5 , Bb5 , C; C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5
           In America

[V2]

    C5    C5           Bb5       C5               C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5 
And everybody in the neighbourhood
        C5        C5       Bb5 C5                 C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5 
They're on their way downtown
C5      C5       Bb5         C5                   C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5  
One up top and dressed to kill
C5        C5       Bb5       C5                   C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5 
Ready to hit the ground
     F5       F5               Eb5      F5        F5 , Eb5 , Bb5 , F5 
They come to rumble And they come to dance
     F5       F5       Eb5    F5                  F5 , Eb5 , Bb5 , F5 
They come to see the show
            D5                       D5
And if they can't find what they're lookin' for
     D5                 D5                  G5
They know somebody who knows somebody Who knows 
[ A5 capella]
Gotta be on your toes, It's Friday night 

[CHORUS]

A5                   [ A5 ][ B5 ]       [ C5 ]*      
Friday night in America  It's all right 
C5 *
Friday night in America, Well you could 
E5
lose your heart
F5
Lose you life
G5                        
  It's Friday night, y'all

G5 , Bb5 , C5 , Eb->(jump to F5 in bridge)

[BRIDGE] (chords in 7th but sung as minor)

F5 (as D5 )                                     F5 , F5 , Bb5 - C5 
Debutantes in a restaurant
C5 (as A5 )                                     C5 , C5 , Bb5 - F5  
Gunshots in the parking lot
F5 (same)                                       F5 , F5 , Eb5 - C5 
Sweet dreams on the silver screen
C5 (same)                                       G5 , Bb5 , C5 , Eb5
You better turn up the heat in the back seat
F5
Soul savers (flag wavers)
Eb5
Street walkers (sweet talkers)
    D5
You make it through the weekend
    G5                 G5
You come back and do it again
            A5 
Next Friday night

[CHORUS instrumental]

A5 A5 A5 [ A5 ][ B5 ][ C5 ]*
*C5  C5  C5  C5  
E5  F5  G... [ G5 , G#5 , A5 , A#5 ]

Short break:
( C5 , C5 , Bb5 , C5 ;   C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5 ) x 2

[V3]

C5       C5            Bb5  C5           C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5
Lookin' through your headlights
C5    C5        Bb5  C5                  C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5 
Hand upon the wheel
C5            C5              Bb5  C5    C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5  
Your heart's beatin' like a radio
        C5       C5         Bb5  C5           C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5 
In your soul of stainless steel
      F5        F5      Eb5 F5           F5 , Eb5 , Bb5 , F5  
She's standin' on the corner
F5          F5        Eb5 F5             F5 , Eb5 , Bb5 , F5  
Dressed in midnight blue
D5
Ticking like a time bomb
D5                       G5      
  When she turns her eyes on you 
                                                  
[bass a capella]  (What?cha gonna do?)  It's Friday night

[CHORUS]

A5                   [ A5 ][ B5 ]       [ C5 ]
Friday night in America       all night
C5
Friday night in America, 
G5                               
  Got to be strong to make it
A5
  All night long on Friday night
A5
  Friday night in America
C5
  Friday night in America
E5                  
Hit the lights and 
F5
hold on tight

D[hit and hold]                              [ G5    G#5  A5  A#5 ]
You can bet your life it's Friday night y'all, In America

[OUTRO CHORUS]

C5  C5      F5 C5
   Friday night 
C5     Bb5        F5   C5  
  all night in America, 
C5  C5      F5  C5
   Friday night
         C5           Bb5        F5   C5  
Till the dawns early light in America,
C5  C5      F5 C5 
   Friday night
C5     Bb5  F5   C5  
  In America 
C5 C5      F5 C5        C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5
  Friday night
C5 C5      F5 C5        C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5
  Friday night
[fade]
C5 C5      F5 C5        C5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5
  Friday night