Night Owl chords by Roy Orbison

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Intermediate

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

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


Chorus 1:
A                     E
Night owl, night owl, what you gonna do
E                        E7         A
When the teacher finally catches on to you?
A                     E
Night owl, night owl, better study hard
E                                               A
There'll be no dating when your daddy gets your report card


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


Chorus 2:
A                            E
Night owl, night owl, you've done it again
E                        E7    A
You didn't get to school until half past ten
A                        E
Night owl, if you have a big weekend
E                                     A
You better tear up the note that your teacher sent


Verse 4:
A         D
You get a promise from your mama that the date'll have to wait
D                            A
Looks like you'll never ever win
A                       G                A         D
But you played her real cool, and you do better in school
D        A         B9sus4 A/C#       D A  G   A
Then the night owl flies  a          g a a a i n
A                    D
The night owl flies again