Because The Night chords by Patti Smith

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Because the Night - Words and Music by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith

I’m lifting this straight out of Springsteen Complete...sounds much
better on piano/keyboard than solo guitar IMO, but here it is
anyway...all chords are either open (D,G,A,C) or barres near the nut
(F#,Bm).

Intro: Bm, G, A, Bm, G, A, B minorBm

Verse:

B minorBm   G+G     A augmentedA     B minorBm
Take me now, baby, here as I am.
	G+G	   A augmentedA  B minorBm
Pull me close try and understand.
	 G+G		 A augmentedA   B minorBm
Desire is hunger, is the fire I breathe.
	 G+G	   A augmentedA    B minorBm
Love is a banquet on which we feed.
G+G    A augmentedA      D MajorD  A augmentedA
Come on now, try and understand
  B minorBm  G+G           A augmentedA
the way I feel when I’m in your hand.
D MajorD    G+G        A augmentedA
Take my hand; come under cover.
   C majorC          B minorBm		   F#F#
They can’t hurt you now, can’t hurt you now, can’t hurt you now.

Chorus:

B minorBm   G+G         A augmentedA
Because the night belongs to lovers.
B minorBm   G+G         A augmentedA B minorBm
Because the night belongs to lust.
    G+G         A augmentedA
Because the night belongs to lovers.
B minorBm   G+G		 A augmentedA B minorBm
Because the night belongs to us.


Second verse:

Have I doubt when I’m alone?
Love is a ring on the telephone.
Love is an angel disguised as lust,
here in our bed until the morning comes.
Come on now, try and understand
the way I feel under your command.
Take my hand as the sun descends.
They can’t touch you now, can’t touch you now, can’t touch you now.

Repeat chorus

Ending:

   D MajorD  A augmentedA  	  D MajorD	    A augmentedA   		  B minorBm  A augmentedA
With love we sleep; with doubt the viscious circle turn and turns.
D MajorD	A augmentedA	   B minorBm  A augmentedA	  D MajorD    A augmentedA
Without you I cannot live, forgive the yearning, burning
  G+G   D MajorD	  G+G
I believe in time, too real to feel,
  B minorBm		 D MajorD	    G+G       F#F#
so touch me now, touch me now, touch me now.

Repeat chorus and fade.

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