[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
