Tiger in the night Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays398

Tiger in the night by Katie Melua is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A, Bm, A6, Em and G6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			D           G             A 
You are the tiger burning bright 
Bm          A6           G 
Deep in the forest of my night 
Em              Fism         A              D 
You are the one who keeps me strong in this world 
 
D                G              A 
You sleep by the silent cooling streams 
Bm          A6             G 
Down in the darkness of my dreams 
A         D            G 
All of my life I never knew 
             D                  G - G6 
You were the dream I'd see come true 
D           A             D 
You are the tiger burning bright 
 
G         D                 G                D 
I was the one who looked so hard I could not see 
G           D          G                   A       D 
Now I could never live without the love you give to me 
 
D              G               A 
I lived like a wild and lonely soul 
Bm        A6           G 
Lost in a dream beyond control 
Em           Fism               A            D 
You were the one who brought me home down to earth 
 
D               G             A 
For you are the tiger burning bright 
Bm          A6           G 
Deep in the forest of my night 
A         D            G 
All of my life I never knew 
             D                 G  
You were the dream I'd see come true 
D           A                 D 
You are the tiger burning bright 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante