[Intro - Start with blues licks in G minor - then full drums in - Capo 3 original key but don't bother for live] Aah [Gm][D][F] aah, [C] yeah, [Gm] ooh ooh [D] yeah, [F] ah [C] huh.
[Verse 1] [Gm] Now baby come [D] on, don't [F] claim that love you [C] never let me [Gm] feel. I should have [D] known 'cause [F] you brought nothing [C] real. Come on be a [Gm] man about it, [D] you won't die. [D#-x65343] I ain't got no more (fast change) [Cm] tears to [D] cry, and I [Gm] can't take this no [D] more. You know I [D#] gotta let it [D] go and you know... (stop)
[Chorus] I'm outta [Gm] love, set me [D] free and let me [F] out this mise [C] ry. Just show me the [Gm] way to get my [D] life again. [F] You can't handle [C] me, said I'm outta [Gm] love can't you [D] see, baby, that [D#] you've gotta set me [D] free? I'm outta [Gm] love. (stop) Yeah.
[Verse 2 - Drums back in] [Gm] Say how many [D] times [F] have I tried to [C] turn this love a [Gm] round? But every [D] time [F] you just let me [C] down. Come on be a [Gm] man about it, [D] you'll survive, [D#] true that you can't work it [Cm] out al [D] right. Tell me, yester [Gm] day did you [D] know, I'd be the [D#] one to let you [D] go, and you know... (stop)
[Chorus] [Gm] love .... set me [D] free and let me [F] out this mise [C] ry. Just show me the [Gm] way to get my [D] life again. [F] You can't handle [C] me, said I'm outta [Gm] love can't you [D] see, baby, that [D#] you gotta set me [D] free? I'm outta (stop)
[Bridge - No drums] [D#maj7-x65333] let me get over you [D] the way you gotten over me too. [Cm] Seems like my time has come and [Asus4] now I'm moving [D] on, (D# is implied by melody? or just no chord) and I'll be stronger.
[Chorus - Minimal chords + Full drums] I'm outta [Gm] love, set me [D] free and let me [F] out this mise [C] ry. Just show me the [Gm] way to get my [D] life again, [F] you can't handle [C] me. Said I'm outta [Gm] love, set me [D] free and let me [F] out this mise [C] ry. Just show me the [Gm] way to get my [D] life again, [F] you can't handle [C] me. Said I'm outta [Gm] love, can't you [D] see, baby that [D#] you gotta set me [D] free? I'm outta [Gm] love! (stop) Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
[Chorus - Full drums] I'm outta [Gm] love, set me [D] free and let me [F] out this mise [C] ry. Just show me the [Gm] way to get my [D] life again, [F] you can't handle [C] me. Said I'm outta [Gm] love, set me [D] free and let me [F] out this mise [C] ry. Just show me the [Gm] way
[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]
