[Intro - No drums - Just finger pick - 2 bars per chord] |Amaj7 |Dmaj7 |Amaj7 |Dmaj7 |
E -9----------12-9---9---------- B -9----10-10--------10-------------- G -9--11-------------11--------- D -X-----------------0------- A -0-------------------------- E ----------------------------
[Verse 1 - Finger pick] Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 We've only just begun ......... to live, F#m7 Bm7 White lace and promi...ses, F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4 A kiss for luck and we're on our waaaay. (start to strum) E7 Amaj7 ( we only begun )
[Verse 2 - Drums in - Light snare sound based on downstroke on strings - not slap ] Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Before the rising sun ........we fly, F#m7 Bm7 So many roads to choose, F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4 We start off walking and learn to ruuuuun, E7 And yes, we've just begun. (full drums) uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uu (1 bar each) Amaj7 - Dmaj7 - Amaj7 - (Dmaj7 E)
[CHORUS: - Hold most of F# when moving to Bmaj7 - only lift up fingers that need to] F# Bmaj7 F# Bmaj7 Sharing horizons that are new to us, F# Bmaj7 F# Bmaj7 Watching the signs along the way. (slide up first finger of Bb chord to right location for Ebmaj7 - x65333) Bb Ebmaj7 Bb Ebmaj7 Talkin' it over, just the two of us, Bb Ebmaj7 E7sus4 Working together day to day........ E7 together..
[Verse 3 - Light drums again] Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 And when the evening comes we smile, F#m7 Bm7 So much of life a...head. F#m7 Bm7 We'll find a place where there's room to grow, E7 And yes, we've just begun. (full drums) uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uu (1 bar each) Amaj7 - Dmaj7 - Amaj7 - (Dmaj7 E)
[CHORUS:] F# Bmaj7 F# Bmaj7 Sharing horizons that are new to us, F# Bmaj7 F# Bmaj7 Watching the signs along the way. Bb Ebmaj7 Bb Ebmaj7 Talkin' it over, just the two of us, Bb Ebmaj7 E7sus4 E7 Working together day to day...together..together
[Verse 4] Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 And when the evening comes we smile, F#m7 Bm7 So much of life a...head. F#m7 Bm7 We'll find a place where there's room to grow, E7 And yes, we've just |Amaj7 |Dmaj7 |Amaj7 |Dmaj7 |C# . . . . begun.
[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]
