Because The Night – Patti Bm G A

Smith/Bruce Springsteen Because the night belongs to

lovers.
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Intro Bm, G, A, Bm, G, A, Bm
Because the night belongs to lust.
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Because the night belongs to
1 Take me now, baby, here as I am.
lovers.
2 Have I doubt when I'm
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alone?
Because the night belongs to us.
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Bm
1 Pull me close try and understand.
2 Love is a ring on the telephone.
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Bridge:
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1 Desire is hunger, is the fire I
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breathe.
With love we sleep; with doubt the vicious
2 Love is an angel disguised as
circle turns and turns.
lust,
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D A
Bm
Without you I cannot live, forgive the
1 Love is a banquet on which we
yearning, burning
feed.
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2 here in our bed until the morning
I believe in time, too real to feel,
comes.
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G A D
F#
A
So touch me now, touch me now, touch
1 Come on now, try and understand
me now.
2 Come on now, try and understand
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A
Song Structure:
1 the way I feel when I'm in your
Intro – Piano
hand.
Verse 1 – Piano until “come on..” then
2 the way I feel under your
add Bass/Guitar/Drums
command.
Chorus
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Verse 2 – Piano/Bass/softer
A
drumming/guitar accents until “come on”
1 Take my hand; come under cover.
Chorus
2 Take my hand as the sun descends
Guitar solo (over chorus chords)
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Bridge (end with rising scale guitar riff)
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Chorus repeat twice (“in the night we
1 They can't hurt you now, can't
trust”)
hurt you now, can't hurt you now.
2 They can't touch you now, can't
touch you now, can't touch you now.

Chorus: