Night Owl chords by Roy Orbison

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
    D MajorD
Along a Bob dark thirty, and you feel real flirty
D MajorD                A augmentedA
And you wanna start running around
A augmentedA           G+G        A augmentedA      G+G
Well, you put off your study, call your best school buddy
   A augmentedA             D MajorD
Then proceed to paint up the town

Verse 2:
D MajorD
You're told to be back at nine, but you're havin' a time
D MajorD                 A augmentedA
Then you come home as late as can be
A augmentedA           G+G       A augmentedA  G+G
Still you don't go to bed, you stay up instead
       A augmentedA           D MajorD
Cause you've gotta watch a little TV


Chorus 1:
A augmentedA           E MajorE
Night owl, night owl, what you gonna do
E MajorE            E7E7     A augmentedA
When the teacher finally catches on to you?
A augmentedA           E MajorE
Night owl, night owl, better study hard
E MajorE                        A augmentedA
There'll be no dating when your daddy gets your report card


Verse 3:
A augmentedA      D MajorD
Well, you're up in a stew because your homework's due
D MajorD               A augmentedA
And you didn't get your book review
A augmentedA          G+G          A augmentedA  G+G
You tell the teacher man that you didn't understand
G+G   A augmentedA         D MajorD
You'll get it in a day or two


Chorus 2:
A augmentedA              E MajorE
Night owl, night owl, you've done it again
E MajorE            E7E7  A augmentedA
You didn't get to school until half past ten
A augmentedA            E MajorE
Night owl, if you have a big weekend
E MajorE                   A augmentedA
You better tear up the note that your teacher sent


Verse 4:
A augmentedA     D MajorD
You get a promise from your mama that the date'll have to wait
D MajorD              A augmentedA
Looks like you'll never ever win
A augmentedA            G+G        A augmentedA     D MajorD
But you played her real cool, and you do better in school
D MajorD    A augmentedA     B9sus4B9sus4 A/C#A/C#    D MajorD A augmentedA G+G  A augmentedA
Then the night owl flies a     g a a a i n
A augmentedA          D MajorD
The night owl flies again