Intro: C F Dm G, C F Dm G...
V1.
C G Dm G C F Dm G
Night-time, sharp-ens, heightens each sen-sa-tion,
C G Dm G C F Dm G
Dark-ness, wakes, and, sturs ima-gin-a – tion.
Am C Dm C Am C Dm C
Si-lently the senses abandon their de-fences,
Am Bb F G
Helpless to resist, the notes I write,
C Dm C F G C Dm C
For I compose the music of the night.
V2.
C G Dm G C F Dm G
Slowly, gently, night un-furrs it’s splendour,
C G Dm G C F Dm G
Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender.
F Dm F Dm C
Hearing is believing, music is deceiving,
Am F C Bb F C
Hard as lightening, soft as candle light,
Dm C F G C Dm C
Dare you trust the music of the night,
Bb D#
Close you eyes for your eyes will only tell the truth,
G# D D7
And the truth isn’t what you want to see.
G G7 G
In the dark it is easy to pretend,
C B7 C A7 C
But the truth, is what it aught, to be.
V3
G Dm G C F Dm G
Softly, deftly, music shall caress you,
C G Dm G F Dm G
Hear it, feel it, secretly possess you.
F C F C
Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind,
F C Bb F C
In this darkness which you know you cannot fight,
F C F G C Dm C
The darkness of the music of the night.
Bb D#
Close you eyes start a journey through a strange new world,
G# D D7
Leave all thoughts, of the world you knew before.
G G7 G
Close your eyes and let the music set you free,
C B7 C A7 C
Only then, can you be-long, to me.
V4.
G Dm G C F Dm G
Floating, falling, sweet intoxi-ca-tion,
C G F Dm G
Touch me, trust me, savor each sensa=tion.
F C F C
Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in,
F C Bb F C
To the power of the music that I write,
F C F G C Dm C
The power of the music of the night.
Outro: (Chords to 1st 3 lines of verse)
C G Dm G C F Dm G,
C G F Dm G
F C F C
(Continue with balance of Verse:
F Bb F C
You alone can make my song take flight,
F C F G C Dm C Dm Dbm B C
Help me make the music of the night.