[Riff] [C]-x-x-[C/D]--x-x-[C/E]-x--x-x-[F]-x--[F]-x-x-x--- [F]-x-x-[F]----x-x-[G]---x--x-x-x-x----x---x-x-x--- (C to F riff = C C/D C/E F - can play x32010 x30010 x(3)2010)
[Verse- Repeat Riff 1] Oh, what a [C to F riff] night ..... [F] late [G] December back in [C to F riff]'6...3, .....[F] what a [G] very special [C to F riff]time for me, .......... as [F]I re [G] member what a [C to F riff]night! ..........[F][G] Oh, what a [C to F riff]night, you [F]know I [G]didn't even [C to F riff]know her name, but [F]I was [G]never gonna [C to F riff] be the same, [F]what a [G]lady, what a [C to F riff] night! [F][G]
[Chorus - Just Bass drum with chords, no snare, no harmonies] Oh [Dm] I, I [F] got a funny feeling when she [Am] walked in the [G] room, and [Dm] I, as [F] I recall it ended much [G] too soon. [G7]
[Verse - RIFF 1] Oh, what a [C to F riff]night, ...... [F]Hypno [G] tizing, mesme [C to F riff] rizing me. ........[F]She was [G]everything I [C to F riff] dreamed she'd be.....[F]Sweet sur[G]render, what a [C to F riff] night!! [F][G]
[Horn Bit] Am x x Am - x x x x Am x x Am - x x x x Am x x C - x x D x (repeat)
[Bridge] [F] Oh, I felt a rush like a [Em] rolling bolt of thunder, [F] spinning my head around and [G] taking my body under. (Oh what a
[Vamp on riff - no vocals] C C/D C/E F - F F G G x 4
[Chorus - Just Bass drum with chords, no snare, no harmonies] Oh [Dm] I, I [F] got a funny feeling when she [Am] walked in the [G] room, and [Dm] I, as [F] I recall it ended much [G] too soon. [G7] (Oh what a)
[Verse] [C to F riff](night) ......... ,[F] why'd it [G] take so long to [C to F riff]see the light? .........[F] Seemed so [G] wrong, but now it [C to F riff]seems so right .........[F] what a [G] lady, what a [C to F riff]night!
[Horn Bit] Am x x Am - x x x x Am x x Am - x x x x Am x x C - x x D x (repeat)
[Bridge] [F] Oh, I felt a rush like a [Em] rolling bolt of thunder, [F] spinning my head around and [G] taking my body under. (Oh what a
[Outro] [Dooh dooh dooh dooh bit - Riff 1 - heavy on drums - chords much more muted] [C] (Night) Doo [C/D] do [C/E] doo [F] do do, [F] doo [F] do [G] doo (Oh what a) Repeat til fade or end on [C] [End]
[Intro - No drums - Think Drop D - for Bm can play low open D as in chord] D e|-2-----3p2----2p0-----------| B|---------------------5p3----| G|----------------------------| D|----0------0------0------0--| x 4 A|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|
[Verse 1 - Capo 3 - Dont bother live - Vocal melody sings a D7 so you can put that in - first 2 notes - D to C] [D] I [D7]am unwritten [D7] [D7sus2-xx0120]Can't [D7]read [Dsus4]my [D]mind, [D7sus2]I'm [D7]un [Dsus4]de [D]fined [D]I'm [D7]just beginning [D7] The [D7sus2]pen's [D7]in [Dsus4]my [D]hand, (next chords follow melody tight) [Dmaj7]end [D]ing [Dsus4]un [D]planned
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum] [D] Staring at the blank page be [C] fore you Open up the dirty [Bm] window Let the sun illumi [Gm/Bb-013333] nate the words that you could not find [D] Reaching for something in the [C] distance So close you can almost [Bm] taste it Release your inhi [N.C.] bitions ... Feel the rain on your
[Chorus - Full drums] [Bm] skin - no one [Em] else can feel it [G] for you Only [D] you can let it [Bm] in No one [Em] else, no one [G] else can speak the [D] words on your [Bm] lips Drench your [Em] self in words un [G] spoken Live your [D] life with arms wide [Bm] open Today [Em] is where [G] your book begins [No Chord] The rest is still unwritten
[Vamp] [D] 4 times round riff
[Verse 2] [D] I [D7]break tradition [D7] [D7sus2]Some [D7]times [Dsus4]my [D]tries are [D7sus2]out [D7]side [Dsus4]the [D]lines [xx021x]i [xx0210]i [xx023x]i [D]We've [D7]been conditioned [D7] To [D7sus2]not [D7]make [Dsus4]mis [D]takes, but I [Dsus2] can't live that way [Dsus2]Oh [D5]oooo
[Pre-Chorus] [D] Staring at the blank page be [C] fore you Open up the dirty [Bm] window Let the sun illumi [Gm/Bb-013333] nate the words that you could not find [D] Reaching for something in the [C] distance So close you can almost [Bm] taste it Release your inhi [N.C.] bitions ... Feel the rain on your
[Chorus] [Bm] skin - no one [Em] else can feel it [G] for you Only [D] you can let it [Bm] in No one [Em] else, no one [G] else can speak the [D] words on your [Bm] lips Drench your [Em] self in words un [G] spoken Live your [D] life with arms wide [Bm] open Today [Em] is where (remember going quickly to another chorus) [G] your book begins Feel the rain on your
[Bm] skin - no one [Em] else can feel it [G] for you Only [D] you can let it [Bm] in No one [Em] else, no one [G] else can speak the [D] words on your [Bm] lips Drench your [Em] self in words un [G] spoken Live your [D] life with arms wide [Bm] open Today [Em] is where [G] your book begins [No Chord] The rest is still unwritten
[Vamp] [D][G] x 2
[Bridge - CHORDS JUST ON FIRST WORDS - VOCALS FOLLOW F# TO G] [D] Staring at the blank page be [G] fore you Open up the dirty [D] window Let the sun illumi [G] nate the words that you could not find [D] Reaching for something in the [G] distance So close you can almost [D] taste it [Vocal melody next is GG F#G F#G - Play Dsus4 figure] Release your inhibi [G]tions ... [G is on bass drum then stop drums - don't get to snare - High A - HOLD]
[BREAK - big fill across vocals] [G]Feel the rain on your
[Chorus - Drums back - BIG VOCALS - 35 OR 3] [Bm] skin - no one [Em] else can feel it [G] for you Only [D] you can let it [Bm] in No one [Em] else, no one [G] else can speak the [D] words on your [Bm] lips Drench your [Em] self in words un [G] spoken Live your [D] life with arms wide [Bm] open Today [Em] is where [G] your book begins - feel the rain on your skin
[Chorus] [Bm] skin - no one [Em] else can feel it [G] for you Only [D] you can let it [Bm] in No one [Em] else, no one [G] else can speak the [D] words on your [Bm] lips Drench your [Em] self in words un [G] spoken Live your [D] life with arms wide [Bm] open Today [Em] is where [G] your book begins [N.C.] The rest is still unwritten