[Keyboard Intro - Capo 2 - Start melody is root note - in this case G - Capo 6 for original] (Random percussion - then full drums with Wooooh)
[C][C][Am] ([F]([F][G])) - 8 bars (each chord outside of curved brackets = 2 bars) ([C] ([C] x x ([C][G]))) - 2 bars
[Verse 1 - Melody starts on open G string - root note of G chord] [G] Clocks strikes upon the hour, and the [Am] sun begins to fade, [G] still enough time to figure out how to [Am] chase my blues away. [F] I've done alright [G] up 'til now, it's the [C] light of day that [F] shows me how, and [F] when the [C] night [G/A] falls, loneliness calls [F][F][F][F] .. [G][G]
[Chorus] [C] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, [C] I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Am] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [F] with some [Dm] body who [G] loves me. [C] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Am] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [F] with some [Dm] body who [G]loves me. [C]
[Vamp - C9 riff to G] [C][C][C][C] [C][C9][C][C] - [C][G]
[Verse 2] [G] I've been in love and lost my senses, [Am] spinning through the town, [G] soon or later the fever ends, and I [Am] wind up feeling down. [F] I need a man who'll [G] take a chance, on a [C] love that burns hot [F] enough to last. and [F] when the [C] night [G/A] falls, loneliness calls [F][F][F][F] .. [G][G]
[Chorus] [C] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, [C] I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Am] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [F] with some [Dm] body who [G] loves me. [C] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Am] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [F] with some [Dm] body who [G]loves me. [C]
[Bridge] [Am] Somebody who , somebody who, [G] somebody to love me, [Am] Somebody who , somebody who, [G] to hold me in his arms, oh! I [F] need a man who'll take a [G] chance, on a [C] love that burns hot [F] enough to last so [F] when the [C] night [G/A] falls, my lonely heart calls [F][F/E][F][F/E][G]
[KEY CHANGE - Chorus] [D] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, [D] I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Bm] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [G] with some [Em] body who [A] loves me. [D] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, [D] I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Bm] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [G] with some [Em] body who [A] loves me. [D]
[Interlude] x4 [D] oh oh oh oh dance (Dance)
[Bridge - Just strum chords fast same pattern as vocals on first line of each 3] [D] Don't you wanna dance? Say you wanna dance? Don't you wanna dance? (Dance) [D] Don't you wanna dance? Say you wanna dance? Don't you wanna dance? (Dance) [Bm] Don't you wanna dance? Say you wanna dance...(Dance) Uh-huh (slow down to stop) [G] With some[Em] body who [A] loves me [D] (stop)
[End] [Keyboard Intro] [C][C][Am] E 0--03-------0--0------0-0-------0--03-------0--0------0-0-------0--03-------0--0------0-0--- B 1--11-------1---3-1------3-1----1--11-------1---3-1------3-1----1-----------1---3-1------3-1 G 0--00-------0-------------------0--00-------0-------------------2-----------2--------------- D 2--22-------2-------------------2--22-------2-------------------2-----------2--------------- A 3--33-------3-------------------3--33-------3-------------------0-----------0--------------- E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S
(as long as you love melody) [F][F9][G][C][C][C9][C][G] E 1--33-----------0---0--3---00--0--03-----------0-----0-----0-3-- B 1---1-----------1-3-1--3---11--1--11-----------1-3-1-1-----1-3- G 2---2-----------2---2--0---00--0--00-----------0-----0-----0-0- D 3---x-----------3---3--0---22--2--22-----------2-----2-----2-0 A 3---3-----------x------x---33--3--33-----------3-----3-----3-2- E 1---1-----------x------3-------------------------------------3- B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B
[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]
