Spirits in the Night
Manfred Manns Earth Band

No Capo


[Intro] 
    x4


[Verse 1]
             
Crazy Janey an

            
d her mission 

             
man were back 

              
in the alley t

  
radin' hands
             
Long came Wild

              
 Billy with hi

            
s friend G-man

             
 all duded up 

             
for Saturday n


ight

    x2

             
Well Billy sla

              
mmed on his co

            
aster brakes, 

             
said anybody w

            
anna go to Gre

asy Lake
             
It's a mile do

              
wn on the dark

            
 side of Route

             
 88, I got a b

              
ottle of rose 

      
let's try it

   

             
We'll pick up 

              
Hazy Davy and 

            
Killer Joe and

             
 I'll take you

              
 all out to wh

        
ere the gypsy 

angels go
             
They're built 

         
like light ...

  
. and they dan

ce like
              
Spirits in the

            
 night      al

  
l night
             
You don't know

              
 what they can

    
 do to ya
              
Spirits in the

            
 night(all nig

            
ht), in the ni

ght(all night)
             
Stand right up

              
 and let it sh

    
oot through ya

    x2


[Verse 2]
             
Wild Billy was

            
 a crazy cat a

             
nd he shook so

              
me dust out of

     
 his coonskin 

cap
             
He said, "Trus

              
t some of this

       
 it'll show yo

u where you're

 at,
             
or at least it

              
'll help you r

      
eally feel it"

    x2

             
By the time we

              
 made it up to

            
 Greasy Lake m

             
y head was out

              
 the window Ja

       
ney's fingers 

in the cake
             
I think I real

              
ly dug her I w

   
as too loose t

o fake
             
I said, "I'm h

              
urt" she said,

              
 "Honey let's 


heal it"

   

             
And we danced 

              
all night to a

            
 soul fairy ba

             
nd and she kis

              
sed me just ri

           
ght like a lon


ely angel can

             
She felt so ni

      
ce, ...... jus

t as soft as a
              
Spirit in the 

         
night,     all

 night
             
Janey don't kn

              
ow what she do

  
 to ya
              
Spirits in the

            
 night(all nig

            
ht), in the ni

ght(all night)
             
Stand right up

              
 and let her s

     
hoot through y

a

    x2

[Instrumental 1] x3
              
     x2 

[Instrumental 2]
       
     
              
Spirits in the

            
 night, in the

               
 night
              
Spirits in the

           
 night, all ni

                
ght
              
Spirits in the

            
 night, in the

               
 night

    x4


[Verse 3]
             
Now the night 

              
was bright and

            
 the stars thr

             
ew light on Bi

              
lly and Davy d


ancin' in the 

moonlight
             
Down near the 

            
water in a sto

              
ne mud fight, 

             
Killer Joe pas

              
sed out on the

 
 lawn

    x2

             
Hazy Davy got 

            
really hurt, h

             
e ran into the

              
 lake in just 

    
his socks and 

a shirt
             
Me and Crazy J

              
aney's makin' 

            
love in the di

             
rt singin' a b

        
irthday song

   

             
Janey said it 

            
was time to go

             
, so we closed

              
 our eyes and 

       
said goodbye
             
To gypsy angel

        
 row, .....  f

elt so right, 

together we mo

ved like
              
Spirits in the

            
 night       a

   
ll night
             
You don't know

              
 what they can

    
 do to ya
              
Spirits in the

            
 night(all nig

         
ht), all night

(all night)
             
Stand right up

              
 and let it sh

    
oot through yo

u
              
Spirits in the

            
 night       a

   
ll night
             
You don't know

              
 what they can

    
 do to ya
              
Spirits in the

            
 night       a

   
ll night
          
Yea, yea, yea
              
Spirits in the

            
 night       a

   
ll night
          
              
Spirits in the

            
 night       a

   
ll night
          
              
Spirits in the

               
 night
          

Spirits in the night (stop)