Puttin' The Dark Back Into The Night Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays417

Puttin' The Dark Back Into The Night by Sawyer Brown is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, F#m, E, D, Bm, Bm/A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: (A)  (A)  (A)  (A) 
 
The (F#m) neon moon was (E) lookin' over her (A) shoulder 
She was (F#m) sippin' wine and (E) tellin' lots of (D) tales 
When the (F#m) bar flies are (E) off the wall, 
It's (D) hard to stand up straight and tall 
When you're (F#m) lookin' for some(E)one to go your (A) bail 
 
 	 She's (D) puttin' the dark back (A) into the night 
 	 She's got her (E) heart on loose thinkin' (A) love ain't right 
 	 The (D) future ain't lookin (A) none too bright 
 	 So she's (E) puttin' the dark, back into the (A) night 
 
She (F#m) gave her hand to a (E) man who was only a (A) lover 
His (F#m) cheatin' drove her (E) jealously in(D)sane 
Now the (F#m) light at the end of the (E) tunnel for her 
Is just a (D) memory of the way they were 
And the (F#m) look in her eye say's (E) she don't have to exp(A)lain 
 
 	 She's (D) puttin' the dark back (A) into the night 
 	 She's got her (E) heart on loose thinkin' (A) love ain't right 
 	 The (D) future ain't lookin (A) none too bright 
 	 So she's (E) puttin' the dark, back into the (A) night 
 
You'll (Bm) never know just (Bm/A) what you'll do 
When a (D) broken heart comes from (E) out of the blue 
She's (Bm) out on the run, she's (Bm/A) ready to blow 
She's (G) out of her mind, she's (E) losin' control 
 
 	 She's (NC) puttin' the dark back into the night 
 	 She's got her heart on loose thinkin' love ain't right 
 	 The (D) future ain't lookin (A) none too bright 
 	 So she's (E) puttin' the dark, back into the (A) night 
 
 	 She's (D) puttin' the dark back (A) into the night 
 	 She's got her (E) heart on loose thinkin' (A) love ain't right 
 	 The (D) future ain't lookin (A) none too bright 
 	 So she's (E) puttin' the dark, back into the (A) night 
 
 	 Back into the (A) night 
 	 Back into the (A) night
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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