Because The Night - Patti Smith

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Song: Because the night
Artist: Patti Smith Group
Composers: Bruce Springsteen & Patti Smith
Album: Easter

Tabbed by DJ  30th May 2017

To hear the song, copy and paste this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_BcivBprM0

TWO TABBED VERSIONS - With and without a capo
------------------------------------------------------------

VERSION 1 - With capo

CAPO: 2nd fret 
(Will then sound in the recorded key of Bm)

[Bridge riff]
        (
e |--0--------
B |--1--------
G |--2--------
D |--2--------
A |--0------2-
E |-----------

   
-------|---0--
-------|---1--
-------|---2--
-------|---2--
---3---|---3--
-------|------

 (
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
----0----2---|
-------------|
-------------|

Chord names and fret positions relative to the capo:
 = x02200      = 133210     () = x2xxxx
    = x02210          = x32010     () = x3xxxx
     = 133211         = x13331        = x32210
     = 320003      = 022200     () = xx0xxx
 = 320013          = 022100     () = xx2xxx
 = x02230

Bracketed chords are intended to be played as bass notes only

Hammer-on the added C note from the Asus2 to Am,
and from the G to the Gsus4

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[Intro]
       
||:  /__/  /  

        
/  /  |  /__/ 

      
   /   /    /_

 
_/  :||[x2]

[Verse 1]
      
Take  me now, 

          
baby, here as 

     
   I am,
      
Pull  me close

             
, try and un -

      
 der - stand--

    
-,
       
De  - sire is 

             
hunger, is the

       
 fi - re     I

        
 breathe,
      
Love  is a ban

             
quet on which 

     
we    feed----

!

[Verse 2]
        
Come on now, t

             
ry and under -

 
 stand,
        
The way I feel

            
 when I'm in y

    
our hands,
        
Take my hand, 

            
come under - c

over,
            
They can't hur

           
t you now, can

't hurt you no

w, 
         
Can't hurt you

       
 now------!

[Chorus]
           
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 lovers,
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 lust,
           
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 lovers,
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 us!

[Verse 3]
      
Have  I  doubt

        
, when I'm    

       
a - lone?
      
Love  is a rin

           
g, the te - le

        
   - phone----

   
,
      
Love  is an an

             
gel dis - gui 

      
- sed   as lus

   
t,
      
Here  in our b

             
ed until the m

        
orn - ing    c

       
omes-----!

[Verse 4]
        
Come on now, t

             
ry and under -

 
 stand,
        
The way I feel

            
 under your co

    
m - mand,
        
Take my hand a

             
s the sun des 

  
- cends,
            
They can't tou

            
ch you now, ca

n't touch you 

now,
         
Can't touch yo

        
u now-------!

[Chorus]
           
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 lovers,
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 lust,
           
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 lovers,
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 us!

[Break]
        
| /  /  /  /  

            
|  /  /  /  / 

       
 |  /  /  /  /

  |

            
| /  /  /  /  

        
|  /  /  /  / 

         
 |  /  /  /  /

  |

  
| /_/ /_/ /_/ 

/_/ | /_/ /_/ 

/_/ /_/ |

[Bridge]
           
In love, we sl

eep,
             
With doubt the

             
 vicious circl

  
e turns,
             
And burns with

            
 - out you, oh

           
, I cannot liv

e,
             
For - give the

          
 yearning, bur

ning,
             
I be - lieve i

             
t's time, too 


real to feel,
          
So touch me no

/       
w---------,  t

       
ouch me now---


----,
             
Touch me now--

   
---------!

[Chorus]
           
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 lovers,
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 lust,
           
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 lovers,
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 us!

[Chorus]
           
Because to - n

              
ight there are

 
 two lovers,
            
'Cause we be -

             
 lieve in the 

         
night, we trus

t,
           
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 lovers,
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 love!

[Chorus]
           
Because to - n

             
ight belongs t

o lovers,
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 lust,
            
Could we be - 

             
lieve tonight 


we're lovers,
            
'Cause we be -

             
 lieve in the 

         
night, we trus

t!

[Coda]
           
Because to - n

             
ight belongs t

o lovers,
           
Because the ni

              
ght belongs ..

      
.to ...love---

!

============================================================
============================================================

VERSION 2 - Without capo

[Bridge riff]
       (
e |--2--------
B |--3--------
G |--4--------
D |--4--------
A |--2------4-
E |-----------

#)(   
-------|---2--
-------|---3--
-------|---4--
---0---|---0--
-------|------
-------|------

 (
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
----2----4---|
-------------|
-------------|

 = x24422      = 320002    () = x4xxxx
    = x24432          = xx0232    ()  = xx0xxx
     = 355433          = x32010        = xx0432
     = x02220     = 244422    ()  = xx2xxx
 = x02230         = 244322    () = xx4xxx
 = x24400

Bracketed chords are intended to be played as bass notes only
=============================================================

[Intro]
       
||:  /__/  /  

         
/  /  |    /__

      
/   /   /    /

 
__/  :||[x2]

[Verse 1]
      
Take  me now, 

          
baby, here as 

     
   I am,
      
Pull  me close

             
, try and un -

      
 der - stand--

    
-,
       
De  - sire is 

             
hunger, is the

       
 fi - re     I

         
  breathe,
      
Love  is a ban

            
quet on which 

      
we    feed----

!

[Verse 2]
        
Come on now, t

             
ry and under -

 
 stand,
        
The way I feel

            
 when I'm in y

    
our hands,
        
Take my hand, 

            
come under - c

over,
             
They can't hur

           
t you now, can

't hurt you no

w,
        
Can't hurt you

        
 now------!

[Chorus]
           
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 lovers,
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 lust,
           
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 lovers,
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 us!

[Verse 3]
      
Have  I  doubt

       
, when I'm   a

        
 - lone?
      
Love  is a rin

           
g, the te - le

             
  - phone----,
      
Love  is an an

             
gel dis - gui 

      
- sed    as lu

     
st,
      
Here  in our b

             
ed until the m

        
orn - ing    c

      
omes----!

[Verse 4]
        
Come on now, t

             
ry and under -

 
 stand,
        
The way I feel

            
 under your co

    
m - mand,
        
Take my hand a

             
s the sun des 

  
- cends,
             
They can't tou

            
ch you now, ca

n't touch you 

now,
        
Can't touch yo

         
u now-------!

[Chorus]
           
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 lovers,
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 lust,
           
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 lovers,
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 us!

[Break]
        
| /  /  /  /  

            
|  /  /  /  / 

        
 |  /  /  /  /


  |

            
| /  /  /  /  

        
|  /  /  /  / 

         
 |  /  /  /  /

  |

  
| /_/ /_/ /_/ 

/_/ | /_/ /_/ 

/_/ /_/ |

[Bridge]
           
In love, we sl

eep,
             
With doubt the

             
 vicious circl

  
e turns,
             
And burns with

            
 - out you, oh

           
, I cannot liv

e,
             
For - give the

          
 yearning, bur

ning,
             
I be - lieve i

             
t's time, too 


real to feel,
         (
So touch me no

/ (  
w---------,  t

    (
ouch me now---


-----,
             
Touch me now--

  
----------!

[Chorus]
           
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 lovers,
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

  
  lust,
           
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 lovers,
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 us!

[Chorus]
           
Because to - n

              
ight there are

 
 two lovers,
            
'Cause we be -

             
 lieve in the 

         
night, we trus

t,
           
Because the ni

            
ght belongs to

 lovers,
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 love!

[Chorus]
           
Because to - n

             
ight belongs t

o lovers,
           
Because the ni

             
ght belongs to

 
 lust,
            
Could we be - 

             
lieve tonight 


we're lovers,
            
'Cause we be -

             
 lieve in the 

         
night, we trus

t!

[Coda]
           
Because to - n

             
ight belongs t

o lovers,
           
Because the ni

              
ght belongs ..

      
.to ...love!

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