The Roof Of The Night chords by The Barking Dogs

Chords with lyrics

THE ROOF OF THE NIGHT
by The Barking Dogs (Album : Spasm)
words & music : Hugo Scott

Intro:

DmDm A7A7 DmDm A7A7


Verse:

DmDm          C# minorC#m
When the night comes down I can't sleep,
   DmDm          A7A7
For the lights in the town are far too steep,
  DmDm
We'll slide down the ropes of the rain,
    E minorEm
And we'll steal all the steam from the trains,
   DmDm       A7A7
And the Star of the East shines pale,
          DmDm A7A7
While the cold whistles weep.

Chorus:

    FF
Then we'll dive right off the roof of the night,
   A minorAm
'Til we find the deepest deeps,
  G+G
We're going straight to hell,
   G minorGm
And the tolling of the bell,
  C majorC        A7A7
Can't stop our midnight creep.


Verse:

DmDm                C# minorC#m
All our time flows out beyond our grasp,
     DmDm              A7A7
So I'll slide down your skin 'til I'm home at last,
      DmDm
And there's no turning back to the start,
     E minorEm
When the burning begins that could tear us all apart,
      DmDm
Then we'll drowse asleep,
    A7A7           DmDm A7A7
On the soft golden sands of the dawn.

Chorus:

      FF
And we'll dive right off the roof of the night,
     A minorAm
'Til we find the deepest deeps,
       G+G
Beneath the blazing neon stars,
     G minorGm
Are the cut-throats and the bars,
    C majorC         A7A7
And the faces that we'll keep.


Verse:

DmDm
One short moment's all that it takes,
    A7A7
To catch the flashing of your eyes,
    DmDm    A7A7
One long hour is all that we need,
            DmDm
To fire up our bodies' desires,
One short night is all that it takes,
        A7A7
to turn the winter snows to summer rain,
    DmDm
And one long daydream's
A7A7       DmDm D7D7
All that we've left to remain.


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