Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
The Music of the Night - Phantom of the Opera
DbDb AbAb
Night time sharpens,
DbDb AbAb
heightens each sensation;
DbDb AbAb
darkness stirs and
GbGb AbAb
wakes imagination.
GbGb DbDb
Silently the senses
GbGb DbDb
abandon their defenses.
GbGb CbCb GbGb DbDb EbmEbm F minorFm
DbDb AbAb
Slowly, gently,
DbDb AbAb
night unfurls it’s splendor;
DbDb AbAb
grasp it, sense it,
GbGb AbAb
tremulous and tender.
GbGb DbDb
Turn your face away
GbGb DbDb
from the garish light of day,
GbGb
turn your thoughts away from
CbCb GbGb DbDb
cold, unfeeling light
GbGb AbAb DbDb
and listen to the music of the night.
BB
Close your eyes
E MajorE
and surrender to your darkest dreams!
A augmentedA
Purge your thoughts
Eb MajorEb
of the life you knew before!
Eb MajorEb AbAb
Close your eyes,
AbAb DbDb
let your spirit start to soar
F minorFm
and you’ll live
C majorC FF
as you’ve never lived before.
DbDb AbAb
Softly, deftly,
DbDb AbAb
music shall caress you.
DbDb AbAb
Hear it, feel it,
GbGb AbAb
secretly possess you.
GbGb DbDb
Open up your mind, let your
GbGb DbDb GbGb
fantasies unwind in this darkness
CbCb GbGb DbDb
which you know you cannot fight,
GbGb
the darkness of the
AbAb DbDb
music of the night.
BB
Let your mind start a journey
E MajorE
through a strange, new world;
A augmentedA
leave all thoughts of the
Eb MajorEb
life you knew before.
AbAb
Let your soul take you
AbAb DbDb
where you long to be!
F minorFm C majorC
Only then can you belong
FF
to me.
DbDb AbAb
Floating, falling,
DbDb AbAb
sweet intoxication.
DbDb AbAb
Touch me, trust me,
GbGb AbAb
savor each sensation.
GbGb DbDb
Let the dream begin, let your
GbGb DbDb
darker side give in to the
GbGb CbCb GbGb DbDb
power of the music that I write,
GbGb AbAb DbDb
the power of the music of the night.
AbAb DbDb AbAb DbDb AbAb GbGb AbAb GbGb DbDb GbGb DbDb
GbGb CbCb GbGb
You alone can make my song
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take flight,
GbGb AbAb
help me make the music of the
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night.