Because the Night - Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith
INTRO: Bm, G, A, Bm, Bm, G, A, Bm
VERSE 1:
Bm G A Bm
Take me now, baby, here as I am.
Bm G A Bm
Pull me close try and understand.
Bm G A Bm
Desire is hunger, is the fire I breathe.
Bm G A Bm
Love is a banquet on which we feed.
G A D A
Come on now, try and understand
Bm G A
the way I feel when I'm in your hand.
D G A
Take my hand; come under cover.
C Bm F#
They can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now.
CHORUS:
Bm G A
Because the night belongs to lovers.
Bm G A Bm
Because the night belongs to lust.
Bm G A
Because the night belongs to lovers.
Bm G A Bm
Because the night belongs to us.
Bm G A
Bm G A Bm
VERSE 2:
Bm G A Bm
Have I doubt when I'm alone?
Bm G A Bm
Love is a ring on the telephone.
Bm G A Bm
Love is an angel disguised as lust,
Bm G A Bm
here in our bed until the morning comes.
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VERSE 2 continued
G A D A
Come on now, try and understand
Bm G A
the way I feel under your command.
D G A
Take my hand as the sun descends.
C Bm F#
They can't touch you now, can't touch you now, can't touch you now.
CHORUS:
Bm G A
Because the night belongs to lovers.
Bm G A Bm
Because the night belongs to lust.
Bm G A
Because the night belongs to lovers.
Bm G A Bm
Because the night belongs to us.
SOLO
G A D A
Bm G A
D G A
C
OUT-TRO:
D A D A Bm A
With love we sleep; with doubt the viscious circle turn and turns.
D A Bm A D A
Without you I cannot live, forgive the yearning, burning
G D G
I believe in time, too real to feel,
Bm D G F#
so touch me now, touch me now, touch me now. (Repeat chorus and fade)
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