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I Love The Night Life tab by Alicia Bridges

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I LOVE THE NIGHT LIFE

As recorded by Alicia Bridges
(From the 1978 Album ALICIA BRIDGES)

Words and Music by Alicia Bridges & Susan Hutcheson

Transcribed by Slowhand


           C                  Cmaj7                 C7                  Fmaj7
      x 3 2 0 1 0          x 3 2 0 0 0          x 3 2 3 1 0          x x 3 2 1 0

          Fm6                   G                    F                   Ab
      x x 3 1 3 x          3 x 0 0 0 3          x x 3 2 1 1          x x 6 5 4 4
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
        Abmaj7                 Ab6              Ab(type 2)               F/G
      x x 6 5 4 3          x x 6 5 6 x          x x 6 5 4 x          3 x 3 2 1 x

          Fm                   Fm7                   D                  Dmaj7
      x x 3 1 1 x          x x 3 1 4 x          x x 0 2 3 2          x x 0 2 2 2

          D7                  Gmaj7                 Gm6                  Gm
      x x 0 2 1 2          x x 5 4 3 2          x x 5 3 5 x          x x 5 3 3 x



Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Saxophone'


 Intro
  Q=128
  C             Cmaj7             C7
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H.          E E   +H.         E E   +W          W                 W
  |           | |    |          | |    |
  /           / /    /          / /    /

  Gtr II                                        Gtr I
  H     S S E E e    H     S E. Q      W          H    +E  E E E   +W
|-----------------|--------5s3------|-----------|-0----(0)-----1-|-(1)----||
|-----------------|--------5s3--5---|-----------|-1----(1)-3-1-3-|-(3)----||
|-----------5---7-|-------------5---|-----------|-2----(2)-----1-|-(1)----||
|-----------5-7---|-----------------|-----------|-3----(3)-----3-|-(3)----||
|-------5h7-------|-----------------|-----------|----------------|--------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|----------------|--------||


 1st Verse
  C                           Cmaj7        C7
  Gtr I
  W          W                W            W
  |          |                |            |
  /          /                /            /

  Gtr II
  W          H    S S E E e   W          a Q  E E E E E E
|----------|----------------|----------|---3--------------|
|----------|--------------5-|----------|-3h5--3-------5---|
|----------|--------------5-|----------|--------5-----5---|
|----------|----------5-7---|----------|------------7---7-|
|----------|------5h7-------|----------|------------------|
|----------|----------------|----------|------------------|


  Fmaj7                           Fm6
  W          W                    W              W
  |          |                    |              |
  /          /                    /              /

  W          Q  S S E E E a E E   E E H    e E   E E S S E E E Q
|----------|--------------------|-----1----1---|-1-------------1---||
|----------|----8p5---5---------|---1------1---|-1-------------1---||
|----------|----------7-5---5---|---1------1---|-1---3p1---1-------||
|----------|--------------5h7-5-|---3------3---|-3-------3---3-----||
|----------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|----------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------||


 Pre-Chorus
  $
  G                                  F
  W                 W                W               W
  |                 |                |               |
  /                 /                /               /

  Q  Q  +E  E E E   E E E E +H       H    Q  E  E    E  E E E +H
|----3--(3)-x-x-x-|---x-x-7-(7)----|--------------|--5--4-3-1-(1)----|
|----3--(3)-x-x-x-|---x-x----------|--------------|------------------|
|----4--(4)-x-x-x-|---x-x-7-(7)----|-----------/5-|-(5)-4-3-2-(2)----|
|----5--(5)-x-x-x-|---x-x----------|--------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|


  Ab   Abmaj7        Ab6       Abmaj7
  Q.   E +H          Q.        E +H
  |    |  |          |         |  |
  /    /  /          /         /  /

  W              a a Q   a a Q    E E Q
|--------------|--------------------4----|
|--------------|-4h6p4-------4------4----|
|--------------|---------3h5p3------5----|
|--------------|------------------6------|
|--------------|-------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------|


  G
  W                    W
  |                    |
  /                    /

  Q  e E +E  E E  E    E  E Q  E E E E
|----3-3-(3)-3------|--7-------5-7-3---|
|----3-3-(3)-3------|------------------|
|----4-4-(4)-4---/7-|-(7)------5-7-4---|
|----5-5-(5)-5------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|


  F                                        Ab   Abmaj7       Ab6     Ab(typeAb)
  W                    W                   Q.   E +H          Q.     E +Q   Q
  |                    |                   |    |  |          |      |  |   |
  /                    /                   /    /  /          /      /  /   /

  Q  E E +E  E E  E    E  E E E +E  E Q    H       Q  E  E    E  E E E +H
|----1-1-(1)-1------|--5----1------------|-----------------|--8--7-6-4-(4)-----|
|----1-1-(1)-1------|---------1-(1)------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----2-2-(2)-2---/5-|-(5)---2-------2----|--------------/8-|-(8)-7-7-5-(5)-----|
|----3-3-(3)-3------|-----------------3--|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|


                             Chorus
    F/G           G           C           Cmaj7            C7
  E e Q  E e Q    W           H.        E E   +H.        E E
    | |    | |    |           |         | |    |         | |
    / /    / /    /           /         / /    /         / /

  E e Q  E e Q    W           Q   q  q  q      Q   q  q  q
|---1-1----1-1--|-3--------||-3---3--3--3---|--3---3--3--3---|
|---1-1----1-1--|-3--------||-5---5--5--5---|--5---5--5--5---|
|---2-2----2-2--|-4--------||-5---5--5--5---|--4---4--4--4---|
|---3-3----3-3--|-5--------||---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------||---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------||---------------|----------------|


                  Fmaj7              Fm6     Fm Fm6   C           Cmaj7
  +W              W                   H      Q  Q     H.        E E
   |              |                   |      |  |     |         | |
   /              /                   /      /  /     /         / /

   Q  q  E E Q    E  E E E E E E E   +Q.   E Q  E E   Q   q  q  q
|--3--3--3-3----|---10---8---5---4-|-(4)---4----4---|-3---3--3--3---|
|--5--5--5-5----|---10---8---5---3-|-(3)---3----3---|-5---5--5--5---|
|--3--3--3-3----|------------------|----------------|-5---5--5--5---|
|---------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|


                                            To Coda
               C7                  Fmaj7              Fm6
  +H.        E E   +H     H        W                  W
   |         | |    |              |                  |
   /         / /    /              /                  /

   Q   q  q  q      Q  q  E E Q    E  E E E E E  Q    Q  E S S E E E E
|--3---3--3--3---|--3--3--3-3----|---10---8---5\----|-------------------|
|--5---5--5--5---|--5--5--5-5----|---10---8---5\----|------4p1-----1----|
|--4---4--4--4---|--3--3--3-3----|------------------|--------------1----|
|----------------|---------------|------------------|----------3-3---3--|
|----------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------|


                   2nd Verse
  Fm7  Fm6    Fm    C7                                    Cmaj7
  Q  E E +E E Q     W             W                       W
  |  | |  | | |     |             |                       |
  /  / /  / / /     /             /                       /

  W                 H    E E Q    Q  E  S  S   e  E Q     W
|----------------||-------------|-------------12----8\--|------|
|----------------||--------5----|-----------------------|------|
|----------------||--------5----|------10s12-(12)-9-----|------|
|----------------||-------------|-----------------------|------|
|----------------||-------------|-----------------------|------|
|----------------||-------------|-----------------------|------|


  C7                          Fmaj7
  W                           W
  |                           |
  /                           /

  S S e S  S  e S  S  E E E   H.      E  S  S
|---------------------------|-0---------10-10-|
|---------------5-(5)---5---|-1---------10-10-|
|-----5-5-(5)-5-7p=5--------|-2---------------|
|-----5-5h=7----------7-----|-3---------------|
|-5h7-----------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|


                       Fm
   W                   W
   |                   |
   /                   /

   e S S e E e E Q     Q.   E E E E E
|-10-8-8-8-x-5-x-5\--|-1----x-x-x-x-1--|
|-10-8-8-8-x-5-x-5\--|-1----x-x-x-x-1--|
|--------------------|-1----x-x-x-x-1--|
|--------------------|-3----x-x-x-x-3--|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|


                                   Saxophone Solo
D.S. al Cod&
              Fm6             D                            Dmaj7
  W           H.           E   E     +H.             E     E
  |           |                |      |              |     |
  /           /                /      /              /     /

  W           Q   Q  E  E  Q          Q   e S S E E  e     E
|----------||-----1--x--x--1/----||-------7------------------|
|----------||-----1--x--x--1/----||-------7----------7-------|
|----------||-1------------------||-------7-----7----7-------|
|----------||-3------------------||-------------7-9----------|
|----------||--------------------||---------7h9--------------|
|----------||--------------------||--------------------------|
|
|          Gtr III
|                                     ~~~~
| W           H      E  e  e   E     +H.             Q
|----------||--------------------||--------------------------|
|----------||-----------------15-||-(15)------------18b20====|
|----------||----------14-16-----||--------------------------|
|----------||--------------------||--------------------------|
|----------||--------------------||--------------------------|
|----------||--------------------||--------------------------|


                              D7
    H.                      E  E
    |                       |  |
    /                       /  /

    Q     E     S S   E  E  e  E
|------------------------------5------|
|---------------------------7--7------|
|---------------------7-----7--5------|
|---------------------7--9------------|
|---------------7h9-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
|               ~~~~~~~~~
|  +Q     E     E    +Q     E  E
|-------------------------------------|
|-(18)r--17b19-15---(15)------17b18===|
|--------------------------16---------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|


                                 Gmaj7
   +W                              W
    |                              |
    /                              /

   +Q     e  E   S  S E   E  E     Q.    S S +E   S S  E  S S
|--(5)----5--------------------|---2-----5p2-(2)--2-2--2--5-5-|
|--(7)----7--------------------|---3--------------3-3--3------|
|--(5)----5-----------7---7----|---4--------------4-4--4------|
|---------------------7---9----|---5--------------5-5--5------|
|----------------7h=9----------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
|            ~~~~~~~         ~~~~~~~~~                    ~~~~~
|  +Q     e  E  +Q        E  E    +Q   Q      E   e    e  E
|------------------------------|-------------------------15---|
|-(17)r--17-15-(15)------------|-----------------15---17------|
|-----------------------/16----|-------------16---------------|
|---------------------------17-|-(17)-------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|


  Gm6            Gm            Gm6    D                       Dmaj7
    H              Q            Q      H.                   E  E
    |              |            |      |                    |  |
    /              /            /      /                    /  /

    S  S E S S E   S  E.        E E    Q        e  S S  E E e  E
|---5p=3------------------------3---|-----------7------------------------|
|----------6p3------------------3---|-----------7-----------7------------|
|------------------5p=3---------3---|-----------7-------7---7------------|
|-------------------------------5---|-------------------7-9--------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------7h9-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~          ~~                      ~~
|  +H             +E      S  S  Q      E     E  E  E    Q   E  S  S
|-(15)-----------(15)---------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------18p17-15---|-17b19-15-17------15-----17-17b19===|
|-----------------------------------|-------------16---------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|


                             D7
   +H.                     E  E      +W
    |                      |  |       |
    /                      /  /       /

    Q       E  S  S   E  E e  E      +Q    e     E   S   S E E  E
|-----------------------------5----|-(5)---5----------------------|
|--------------------------7--7----|-(7)---7----------------------|
|---------------------7----7--5----|-(5)---5---------------7-7----|
|---------------------7--9---------|-----------------------7-9----|
|--------------7h=9----------------|-----------------7h==9--------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
|                 ~~~~~~~             ~~~
|  +E    E  E  S  S  +Q    E  S  S    Q    Q        +Q.         E
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-(17)r-15-17----15-(15)-----------|-15---17b19====(17)r-------17-|
|-------------16-------------16-16-|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------|


  Gmaj7                             Gm6            Gm   Gm6
    W                                 H            Q    Q
    |                                 |            |    |
    /                                 /            /    /

    Q.        S S +E  S S  E  S S     S  S E S S E S E. E E
|---2---------5p2-(2)-2-2--2--5-5-|---5p=3--------------3---||
|---3-----------------3-3--3------|----------6p3--------3---||
|---4-----------------4-4--4------|----------------5p3--3---||
|---5-----------------5-5--5------|---------------------5---||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
|
|                  ~~~        ~~~~~~~~~~~
|  +E   e  E  E    Q       E  E      +H            H
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-(17)-15-15------15------17------|-------------------------||
|------------16--------------15---|-(15)--------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||


   Out-Chorus
    D               Dmaj7                D7
    H.            E E   +H.            E E   +W
    |             | |    |             | |    |
    /             / /    /             / /    /

    Q   e S S E E e E    Q   E S S E E e E   +Q   e E S S E E E
||------7-------------|------------------5-|-(5)--5-------------|
||o-----7---------7---|----------------7-7-|-(7)--7-------------|
||------7-----7---7---|------------7---7-5-|-(5)--5-------7-7---|
||------------7-9-----|------------7-9-----|--------------7-9---|
||o-------7h9---------|--------7h9---------|----------7h9-------|
||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|


  Gmaj7                    Gm6         Gm   Gm6
  W                        H           Q    Q
  |                        |           |    |
  /                        /           /    /

  Q.   S S +E  S S E S S   S S E S S E S E. E E   4x
|-2----5p2-(2)-2-2-2-5-5-|-5p3--------------3-----||
|-3------------3-3-3-----|-------6p3--------3----o||
|-4------------4-4-4-----|-------------5p3--3-----||
|-5------------5-5-5-----|------------------5-----||
|------------------------|-----------------------o||
|------------------------|------------------------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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