Night Life Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays373

Night Life by Roy Orbison is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E, C#m, B7 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A
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16
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  			A                                 /B /C#  
When shadows fall, the day is done   
D						   /D /F#  
The mountain tops hide the setting sun   
E                             /E /Eb  D					  E   
The magic of the night is here,       for all young lovers far and near   
  
A  
Night life, ooh la la la, stars coming out to play   
D				    A                              
Night life, rah rah rah rah, see how they light the milky way   
       E               A  
At the end of day, mmm nite life   
  
Night life, aye aye aye aye look at the moon above   
Night life, ma ma ma ma, it's time to fall in love   
Yeah, so come on, mmm nite life   
  
E                        C#m   
Night life, no need to be blue   
A                                    B7  
The moon and the stars are belong to you   
E                    C#m                       
Night life is so much fun   
A                                B7    E  E7  
when you're in love, and love is young   
  
Night life tra la la la, laughing and painting the town   
Night life, ha ha ha ha, it's just a merry go round   
When the sun goes down, mmm nite life  

    	

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