[Verse 1] Em D Em D Nights in white satin, never reaching the end, C G F Em Letters I've written, never meaning to send. Em D Em D Beauty I've always missed, with these eyes before, C G F Em Just what the truth is, I can't say any more
[Chorus] A C Em D Em D 'Cos I love you, yes I love you, oh, how I love you.
[Verse 2] Em D Em D Gazing at people, some hand in hand, C G F Em Just what I'm going through, they can't understand. Em D Em D Some try to tell me, thoughts they cannot defend, C G F Em Just what you want to be, you'll be in the end.
[Chorus] A C Em D Em D Em And I love you, yes I love you, oh, how I love you.
[Solo] Em D C B7 Em D C B7 Em C Em C Am B Am B7 Em D C Em D Em D
[Verse 3] Em D Em D Nights in white satin, never reaching the end, C G F Em Letters I've written, never meaning to send. Em D Em D Beauty I've always missed, with these eyes before, C G F Em Just what the truth is, I can't say any more
[Chorus] A C Em D Em D Em 'Cos I love you, yes I love you, oh, how I love you. A C Em D Em D Em 'Cos I love you, yes I love you, oh, how I love you.
[Verse 1 - Barre chords for - put G riff in sometimes] I [G] met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Mem [C] phis She [G] tried to take me [A] upstairs for a [D] ride (G riff) She [G] had to heave me right across her [C] shoulder cause [G] I just can't seem to [D] drink you off my [G] mind
[Chorus - Open chords for] It's the [G] ho-ooo [D] o-nky tonk [G] women That [G] gimme, gimme, [D] gimme the honky-tonk [G] blues
[Verse 2] I [G] laid a divorcee in New York C [C] ity I [G] had to put up s [A] ome kind of a f [D] ight The [G] lady then she covered me in r [C] oses She [G] blew my nose and [D] then she blew my m [G] ind
[Chorus] It's the [G] ho-ooo [D] o-nky tonk [G] women That [G] gimme, gimme, [D] gimme the honky-tonk [G] blues
[Solo] | G | G | C | C | | G | A | D | D | | G | G | C | C | | G | D | G | G
[Chorus] It's the [G] ho-ooo [D] o-nky tonk [G] women That [G] gimme, gimme, [D] gimme the honky-tonk [G] blues
It's the [G] ho-ooo [D] o-nky tonk [G] women That [G] gimme, gimme, [D] gimme the honky-tonk [G] blues
[End figure] BSSB SSSB SSSS
[Notes - play sus4 on D and C to approximate riff] [G riff - bass run is (play down strokes for all to articulate)] D ------5- A -------- E -3-5s7--
[G Riff - Really try to play notes individually whilst holding full chord] E -3---------------------------------------- B -3---------------------------------------- G -0--2h4-2-0-2-0--2h4-2-0----0-2-0-0------ D -0-----------------------2----------------- A -X---------------------------------------- E -3---------------------------------------- D--B--S----B--S-----B----S----B----S-----
