[INTRO] (single notes) [ C , C , C , C ] x 3; (run up on bass): [ G , G# , A , A# ] 
Chords: ( C , C , Bb , C ;   C , Bb , F , C ) x 2

[V1]

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

[CHORUS] 

  Am            Am       Am  [ A ]   [ B ]     [ C ]
->night  Friday night in America Oh Friday night*->
   C             C
->*night, Friday night in America
E
Hit the lights
F
Hold on tight
G                              
  It's Friday night , y'all

[ G , G# , A , A# ]          C , C , Bb , C; C , Bb , F , C
           In America

[V2]

    C    C           Bb       C               C , Bb , F , C 
And everybody in the neighbourhood
        C        C       Bb C                 C , Bb , F , C 
They're on their way downtown
C      C       Bb         C                   C , Bb , F , C  
One up top and dressed to kill
C        C       Bb       C                   C , Bb , F , C 
Ready to hit the ground
     F       F               Eb      F        F , Eb , Bb , F 
They come to rumble And they come to dance
     F       F       Eb    F                  F , Eb , Bb , F 
They come to see the show
            D                       D
And if they can't find what they're lookin' for
     D                 D                  G
They know somebody who knows somebody Who knows 
[ A capella]
Gotta be on your toes, It's Friday night 

[CHORUS]

Am                   [ A ][ B ]       [ C ]*      
Friday night in America  It's all right 
C *
Friday night in America, Well you could 
E
lose your heart
F
Lose you life
G                        
  It's Friday night, y'all

G , Bb , C , Eb->(jump to F in bridge)

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

F (as Dm7 )                                     F , F , Bb - C 
Debutantes in a restaurant
C (as Am7 )                                     C , C , Bb - F  
Gunshots in the parking lot
F (same)                                       F , F , Eb - C 
Sweet dreams on the silver screen
C (same)                                       G , Bb , C , Eb
You better turn up the heat in the back seat
F
Soul savers (flag wavers)
Eb
Street walkers (sweet talkers)
    D
You make it through the weekend
    G                 G
You come back and do it again
            Am 
Next Friday night

[CHORUS instrumental]

Am Am Am [ A ][ B ][ C ]*
*C  C  C  C  
E  F  G... [ G , G# , A , A# ]

Short break:
( C , C , Bb , C ;   C , Bb , F , C ) x 2

[V3]

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

[CHORUS]

Am                   [ A ][ B ]       [ C ]
Friday night in America       all night
C
Friday night in America, 
G                               
  Got to be strong to make it
Am
  All night long on Friday night
Am
  Friday night in America
C
  Friday night in America
E                  
Hit the lights and 
F
hold on tight

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

[OUTRO CHORUS]

C  C      F C
   Friday night 
C     Bb        F   C  
  all night in America, 
C  C      F  C
   Friday night
         C           Bb        F   C  
Till the dawns early light in America,
C  C      F C 
   Friday night
C     Bb  F   C  
  In America 
C C      F C        C , Bb , F , C
  Friday night
C C      F C        C , Bb , F , C
  Friday night
[fade]
C C      F C        C , Bb , F , C
  Friday night