• Song:

    The Night

  • Artist:

    Jam

heliocentric@breathe.com
27th February 2001, 11.20pm

THE NIGHT by THE JAM

Written by Bruce Foxton

Sadly (I think) ignored B-side to 'Down In The Tube Station At Midnight'


Chords used:

Ab7:  464544               F#:  244322    F#5:  244xxx    A:  577655
E7:   12-14-12-13-12-12    B:   799877    E5:   022xxx-|
Eb7:  11-13-11-12-11-11    E:   x7999x    D:    x577---|7x
Ab:   466544               A5:  577xxx    Bm:   799777
C#:   9-11-11-10-9-9       Ab5: 466xxx    G:    355433

Ab7 E7 Eb7 Ab(7)

Ab C# (x2)

Ab          C#                   Ab
 Travel the night - thousands of lights
C#
Show us the way
Ab         C#                        Ab
 Me and my mates - we'll have a good time
        C#
In the amusement arcade

F#                            Ab
 Park the bikes we're here at last

Pull the birds that wait for -

B        E   B                  E
 This is it - this is what it's all about
B                 E                     A5  Ab5 F#5 E5 F#5
 We've worked all week for this - let's go!

Ab         C#                 Ab
 Go to the club - dance for a while
       C#
Have a drink or so
Ab         C#                  Ab
 Please ourselves - do what we want
           C#
Tonight is ours to have fun

B               E
 The night will soon be gone -
B            E
 It goes too fast - let's not waste time!
B                E               A5  Ab5 F#5 E5 F#5
 No need need to worry ourselves now!

D                Bm
 The night - the night of our week
D                 Bm
 One night - we remember it well
G           A
 No-one can take it away
G           A
 No-one can deny us of that
D          G  A
The Night
D          G  A
One Night

Ab        C#                Ab
 Hear the sea come tumbling in
C#
Meeting the shore
Ab              C#                 Ab
 Feel the night breeze beneath the pier
      C#
As we try to sleep

F#
 It feels so secure -
Ab
 Alone with the sea at our feet

B                  E
 What of we? - Our weekends gone
B          E
 The sea remains but that's all
B              E                  A5    Ab5 F#5 E5 F#5
 We had a good time while we were here

A5 Ab5 F#5 E5 F#5

A
Goodnight!
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