The Night Is On Our Side Chords

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The Night Is On Our Side by Mary Black is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, D7, C, Bm and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
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Intro G 

Verse  
G 
You might find another lover 
G 
You might find another friend 
G 
Don’t confuse one with the other 
           Em               D7                G 
You’ve got someone who will love you till the end 

Verse 
G 
Don’t be afraid to break your own heart 
G 
Don’t be afraid to watch it bleed 
G 
Sometimes fear is braver in dark 
      Em                 D7                G 
Don’t save yourself from dangers you can’t see 

G       C 
Oh, oh, oh 
    Bm              D 
The night is on our side 
G       C 
Oh, oh, oh 
            Bm                  D 
To wipe the tears from both our eyes 
G       C 
Oh, oh, oh 
            Bm           D 
Though your mind is so unsure 
       C 
You’ll know when you see her 
                            G 
When you see her you’ll know___ 

Verse 
G 
You’re much to young to understand youth 
G 
You’re much too young to fight this war 
G 
What if youth is not the issue 
        Em              D7                   G 
And the struggle is the thing worth fighting for? 

G       C 
Oh, oh, oh 
    Bm              D 
The night is on our side 
G       C 
Oh, oh, oh 
            Bm                  D 
To wipe the tears from both our eyes 
G       C 
Oh, oh, oh 
            Bm           D 
Though your mind is so unsure 
       C 
You’ll know when you see her 
                            G 
When you see her you’ll know___ 

Bridge 
       D      C 
You’ll know 
       D                     C   G 
You’ll know, just believe it 
       D  Em  G 
You’ll know____ 

G       C 
Oh, oh, oh 
    Bm              D 
The night is on our side 
G       C 
Oh, oh, oh 
            Bm                  D 
To wipe the tears from both our eyes 
G       C 
Oh, oh, oh 
            Bm                D 
Though your mind's still so unsure 
       C 
You’ll know when you see her 
                            G 
When you see her you’ll know___ 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante