Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues

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.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
casparus60@yahoo.com

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