Tuning: Standard
Tabbed By: Bobby

Chords:
C   -1-23--
g   3---23---------- | 
em  ---22----------- | 
Bm  234422
am  -122-- | 
d   232--- | 
B   244422

This song has 3 beats in a bar.  The intro is slow so listen to the song to get the 
speed.  It also slows down on the last line, 'hold back the night'.

(intro)
C , G , Em , G , Em , Bm ,  Am , (slight pause)

D , C , Bm ,

Am             G               Em
Hold back the night from us,
            G                 Em
Cherish the light for us,
              Bm                    Am        D
Don't let the shadows hold back the dawn.


C         G                   Em
Cold city lights glowing,
               G                      Em
The traffic of life is flowing,
             Bm                 Am              Bm  B
Out over the rivers and on into dark.

    Em         D                  C
I'm going down town where there's music,
    Em          D               C
I'm going where voices fill the air,
Em            D               C
Maybe there's someone waiting for me
       C           Em            Bm     B
With a smile and a flower in her hair

   Em         D                  C
I'm going down town where there's people
    Em         D            C
The loneliness hangs in the air.
     Em           D            C
With no-one there real waiting for me,
   C         Em       Bm        D  C
No smile, no flower nowhere.

(instrumental)
G , Em , G , Em , Bm ,  Am , D ,

C         G                 Em
Cold city lights glowing,
               G                   Em
The traffic of life is flowing,
             Bm                 Am       D
Out over the rivers and on into dark.

C             G                Em
Hold back the night from us,
            G                 Em
Cherish the light for us,
              Bm                    Am      Bm   B
Don't let the shadows hold back the dawn.

    Em         D                  C
I'm going down town where there's music,
    Em          D               C
I'm going where voices fill the air,
Em            D               C
Maybe there's someone waiting for me
       C           Em            Bm    B
With a smile and a flower in her hair

    Em         D                  C
I'm going down town where there's people
    Em         D            C
The loneliness hangs in the air.
     Em           D            C
With no-one there real waiting for me,
    C        Em       Bm          D   C
No smile, no flower nowhere.

(instrumental)
G , Em , G , Em , Bm , Am , D

C             G
hold back the night.