NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN Moody Blues Em D Em D Nights in white satin ... C G F Em Letters I've written ... Em D Em D Beauty I'd always missed .. C G F Em Just what the truth is I ... CHORUS A C Cause I love you, ... Em D Em D 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: Am G Am G Nights in white satin, ... F C Bb Am Letters I've written, .. Am G Am G Beauty I've always missed, ... F C Bb Am Just what the truth is, I ... [Chorus] D D F F Love you. Yes, I ... Am G Am G Love you...... [Solo, see below] Gazing at people, some hand .... [Chorus] [Chorus] ============================================================== Solo: Am G E|------|-------------7--8--|-7--------------7--| B|------|-10----------------|----10-8-----10----| G|---9--|-------------------|-------------------| D|------|-------------------|-------------------| A|------|-------------------|-------------------| E|------|-------------------|-------------------| . . . . F E E|-------------------|-------------------| B|-10-8--------8--10-|-9-----------------| G|-------10----------|----------9-----9--| D|-------------------|-------------------| A|-------------------|-------------------| E|-------------------|-------------------| . . . . Am G E|-------------7--8--|-10-8--7-----8--10-| B|-10----------------|-------------------| G|-------------------|-------------------| D|-------------------|-------------------| A|-------------------|-------------------| E|-------------------|-------------------| . . . . F E E|-8--7--------7--8--|-7-----------------| B|-------10----------|-------------------| G|-------------------|-------------------| D|-------------------|-------------------| A|-------------------|-------------------| E|-------------------|-------------------| . . . . Am F E|-------------------|-------------------| B|-------------------|-------------------| G|-9--------------9--|-7-----------------| D|-------------------|----10-7-----7--10-| A|-------------------|-------------------| E|-------------------|-------------------| . . . . Am F E|-------------------|-------------------| B|-------------------|-------------------| G|-9--------------9--|-7-----------------| D|-------------------|----10-7-----7--10-| A|-------------------|-------------------| E|-------------------|-------------------| . . . . E|-------------------|-------------------| B|-------------------|-------------------| G|-7-----------9--10-|-9-----------9-----| D|-------------------|----------------10-| A|-------------------|-------------------| E|-------------------|-------------------| . . . . E|-------------------|-------------------| B|-------------------|-------------------| G|-7-----------9--10-|-9-----------------| D|-------------------|-------------------| A|-------------------|-------------------| E|-------------------|-------------------| . . . . Am G Am ============================================================= I arranged the song in Am 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: Am (barre 5): E||---------------------------|-- B||-------5-----------5-------|-- G||-----5---5-------5---5-----|-- D||---7-------7---7-------7---|-- etc, etc A||-------------7-------------|-- E||-5-------------------------|-- -- Douglas French dfrench@site.gmu.edu
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