Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
.flute: ..strings: ac. guitar:
b4 b c5 b4 a f# b4 d5 a f# c# b4 e5 c f#4 e b f#..
Em9+5
Nights in whi
te satin,
never reching
an end
Letters I'v
e written,
never meaning
to send
strings:
e4................. d e f# g f# d e
Beauty I'd
always missed,
e...........................d e f# g f# d c
with these
eyes be fore
c4............b3.......a..................e
Just what th
e truth is, I
can't say any
more
[chorus]
'Cause I love
you, yes I lov
e you,
oh, how I love
you aahh aa
ah ahhh
oh, I love yo
u
aahh aaah ahhh
violin:
e5..................... d e f# g f# d e
Gazing at
people,
e5.................d e f# g f# d c
some hand in h
and
c5...............b4.............a...................g.....e
Just what I
'm going throu
gh they ca
n't under stan
d
strings:
e4................... d e f# g f# d e
Some try t
o tell me,
e4..........................d e f# g f# d c
thoughts they
cannot defend
c4...............b3.............a..................g....
Just what you
want to be, yo
u will be in t
he end
And I love you
, yes I love y
ou,
oh, how I love
you aahh aa
ah ahhh
snare:
bass: e3 b2 g e.........X!
oh, I love you
aahh aaah
ahhh
flute:
b4 e5 f# g f# e d e f# e d c d e d# bass: b2 b b
b4 e5 f# g a g f# g a g f# e f# g f#
b5 b bb a g e g b b bb a g e
g5 a b c6 b5 b c6 b a b c6 b5
orch:
e5 d e6......... e4 e d e e d
violin:
e6 b5 a d e6 b5 a d
Nights in
white satin,
never r
eaching the en
d
Letters I'v
e written,
never meaning
to send
strings:
e4................. d e f# g f# d e
Beauty I'd
always missed,
e...........................d e f# g f# d c
with these
eyes be fore
c4............b3.......a..................e
Just what t
he truth is,
I can't say an
y more
'Cause I love
you, yes I lov
e you,
oh, how I love
you
aahh aaah ahhh
e5 e e e e e e e e e
oh, how I lov
e you
oooo
aahh aaah ahhh
'Cause I love
you, yes I l
ove you,
oh, how I love
you
aahh aaah ahhh
oh, I love y
ou hooo....
........
aahh aaah ahhh
strings: g3 a b c4 d c d e f# g f# g a b c6 b4 c6 d e f# g f# g a......
horns: d4 d d d d d d
a6................................g.... g f# e e.......
c#5 b4 c#5 d c# d e d e f# g g g g e e e e e
strings: g6 f# f# e d e..............d3 e f# g f# d e
e4.................d e f# g d e.................d e f# g f# d
french horn: e4 d b3..........................
bass viol: e2.......d2 e f# g d e............d2 e f# g d
violins: g4 a b d5 e
cello d3 e f# g d e..........d4 e f# g d e.......
violins: e5 e e f g a b...........................
cello d4 e f# g d e.......... orchestra: b4 b b b b
violins: c6 b5 g e d a4 b..............................
orchestra: b4 b b b b
d3..
b2...
violins: b5 a g e d b4 a g e d b3 a g e d ab2..
horns: d3 e b2 a g a g e d...
pizzicato violins:
e5 f g d f bb e f g d f bb e f g d.....e4
g#5.............................
Breathe deep
in the g
athering gloom
g#5.............................
Watch lights f
ade from every
room
g#5.............................
Bedsitter peop
le look back a
nd lament
g#5.............................
Another day's
useless energy
's spent
gb4..........................
Im passioned l
overs wrestle
as one
db5 eb f...........
Lonely man cri
es for love an
d has none
gb4...................................
New mothe
r picks up and
suckles her s
on
oboe:
c#5 e b g#
Senior citizen
s wish they we
re young
Cold-hearted o
rb that rules
the night
Removes the colors from our sight
Red is grey and yellow white
And we decide which is right
And which is an illusion
strings:
g#3 a c#4 e b e f# a e5 b4 c5 d b e g a c6 d g e b...........
tymp: orch:
strings:b6............................f#3...... X d5..............
horns b4.....b b b b b b b b
.............
Gong: X...................
chart and transcription
Peter Kruger
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