Blackness Of The Night Chords
by Cat Stevens
Blackness Of The Night by Cat Stevens is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|---0---0----5-0-----5-0---|
D|----------------2-------2-|
A|-3---3---3--------3-------|
E|--------------------------|
C F
In the blackness of the night
G C
I seem to wander endlessly
F G
with a hope burning out deep inside
F G C Am
I'm a fugitive, community has driven me out
F G C Am
For this bad, bad world I'm beginning to doubt
C F G
I'm alone and there is no one by my side
C F
In the blackness of the night
G C
I see a shadow blasting by
F G
from the heels of an old soldier boy.
F
There's no compromising
G C Am
and his eyes are black as the sky
F G C Am
For this bad, bad world he is going to die.
C F G
He's alone and there is no one by his side
C F
In the blackness of the night
G C
I see a sparkle of a star
F G
from the sweet silver tear of a child
F G C Am
and she's clutching at a photograph of long, long ago
F G C Am
When her parents were happy she was too young to know
C F G
she's alone and there is no one by her side
C F G C F G F G C Am F G C Am C F G
C F G
I'm alone and there is no one by my side
C F
In the blackness of the night
G C
I seem to wander endlessly
F G
with a hope burning out deep inside
F G C Am
I'm a fugitive, community has driven me out
F G C Am
For this bad, bad world I'm beginning to doubt
C F G
I'm alone and there is no one by my side