Chords with lyrics
NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN Moody BluesE minorEm
D MajorD
E minorEm
D MajorD Nights in white satin ...
C majorC
G+G
FF
E minorEm Letters I've written ...
E minorEm
D MajorD
E minorEm
D MajorD Beauty I'd always missed ..
C majorC
G+G
FF
E minorEm Just what the truth is I ... CHORUS
A augmentedA
C majorC Cause I love you, ...
E minorEm
D MajorD
E minorEm
D MajorD Ohhh how I ...
Gazing at people, some hand in .... CHORUS CHORUS Peace, love, and soul, Paul Zimmerman procul Nights In White Satin Moody Blues Slow strum in 3 time:A minorAm
G+G
A minorAm
G+G Nights in white satin, ...
FF
C majorC
Bb majorBb
A minorAm Letters I've written, ..
A minorAm
G+G
A minorAm
G+G Beauty I've always missed, ...
FF
C majorC
Bb majorBb
A minorAm Just what the truth is, I ...
[Chorus]D MajorD
D MajorD
FF
FF Love you. Yes, I ...
A minorAm
G+G
A minorAm
G+G Love you...... [Solo, see below] Gazing at people, some hand .... [Chorus] [Chorus] Solo:
A minorAm
G+G
E MajorE|------|-------------7--8--|-7--------------7--|
BB|------|-10----------------|----10-8-----10----|
G+G|---9--|-------------------|-------------------|
D MajorD|------|-------------------|-------------------|
A augmentedA|------|-------------------|-------------------|
E MajorE|------|-------------------|-------------------| . . . .
FF
E MajorE
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------|
BB|-10-8--------8--10-|-9-----------------|
G+G|-------10----------|----------9-----9--|
D MajorD|-------------------|-------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------| . . . .
A minorAm
G+G
E MajorE|-------------7--8--|-10-8--7-----8--10-|
BB|-10----------------|-------------------|
G+G|-------------------|-------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|-------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------| . . . .
FF
E MajorE
E MajorE|-8--7--------7--8--|-7-----------------|
BB|-------10----------|-------------------|
G+G|-------------------|-------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|-------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------| . . . .
A minorAm
FF
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------|
BB|-------------------|-------------------|
G+G|-9--------------9--|-7-----------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|----10-7-----7--10-|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------| . . . .
A minorAm
FF
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------|
BB|-------------------|-------------------|
G+G|-9--------------9--|-7-----------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|----10-7-----7--10-|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------| . . . .
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------|
BB|-------------------|-------------------|
G+G|-7-----------9--10-|-9-----------9-----|
D MajorD|-------------------|----------------10-|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------| . . . .
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------|
BB|-------------------|-------------------|
G+G|-7-----------9--10-|-9-----------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|-------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------|-------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------------| . . . .
A minorAm
G+G
A minorAm I arranged the song in
A minorAm using barre chords to match the original chord centers: Am: 577555 G: 355433 F: 133211 C: 332010 Bb: x13331 or 688766 While NIWS is generally played with a strum (on solo guitar) to imitate the original sleepy sound of the Melotron, the song can be rearranged slightly for a more delicate sound using arpegiated chords:
A minorAm (barre 5):
E MajorE||---------------------------|--
BB||-------5-----------5-------|--
G+G||-----5---5-------5---5-----|--
D MajorD||---7-------7---7-------7---|-- etc, etc
A augmentedA||-------------7-------------|--
E MajorE||-5-------------------------|-- -- Douglas French [email protected]
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Nights In White Satin' by The Moody Blues, a rock band formed in 1964 from Birmingham, England. The Moody Blues is known for their moody rock/pop music.