Why Dont You Spend The Night Chords

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Why Dont You Spend The Night by Ronnie Milsap is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am, D7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G                      Am 
How did it get so late where did the night go to 

D7                                      G    
Strange how it slips away when I'm with you 

                         Am 
I know it's almost two I know you should leave but wait 

D7                                                 G 
I've thought it over and there's something I gotta say 

  
                               C 
Why don't you spend the night somehow it seems so right 

D7                                    G                      D7 
Why does it have to end so soon please stay till the morning light 

G                             C 
It's such a long way home and you'd only be alone 

D7                                     G 
Ah come on now why don't you spend the night 

  
                          Am    
Maybe I spoke too soon and maybe my timing's wrong 

   D7                                            G 
Or maybe it's something I shouldn't have said at all 

                                Am 
But when I look in your eyes I feel like we're almost one 

D7                                            G 
Ah something tells me the night's only just begun 

  
                               C 
Why don't you spend the night somehow it seems so right 

D7                                    G                      D7 
Why does it have to end so soon please stay till the morning light 

G                             C 
It's such a long way home and you'd only be alone 

D7                                     G 
Ah come on now why don't you spend the night 
    	

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