THE NIGHTFLY
Intro
|[Am9] [A/B] |[Cmaj9] |[Em7] [D6] |[Fmaj9] |
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|[B7] |[G6] |[C9] |[Am7] [D9+5] |
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I'm
Verse 1
[Gm6/9] [G7]
Lester the Nightfly
[Gmaj7] [G7] [F/G]
Hel lo Baton Rouge
[Am/E] [Em] [B7] [Am/E] [Em/G]
Won't you turn your rad io down
[Cmaj7] [B7]
Respect the seven second de lay we
|[B7] [Em7] |[Gsus2] [Am7] |[Am7] [Gmaj7] [Gm/C] [F] [C/E] [G] [D7+5] |
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use
Verse 2
[Gm6/9] [G7]
So you say there's a race
[Gmaj7] [G7] [F/G]
Of men in the trees
[Am/E] [Em]
You're for tough legisla tion
[B7] [Am] [Em/G]
Thanks for calling
[Cmaj7] [B7]
I wait all night for calls like these
|[B7] [Em] |[D7sus4] [Cmaj7] |[Am7] [Gmaj7] [Gm/C] [F] [C/E] [G]
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Chorus
[Am9] [A/B] [Cmaj9]
An inde pendent station
[Em7] [D6] [F6/9]
W J A Z
[B7] [G6]
With jazz and conver sation
[C9] [A/B] [Em7] [Em7/D]
From the foot of Mt. Bel zoni
[B9sus4/E] [Em7]
Sweet mu sic
[F#7] [B7+5+9]
To night the night is mine
[E7] [E7sus4] [A13] [Am7] [Abm7+5] [Gmaj9] [Cmaj9]
Late line till the sun
(till the sun comes
[Gmaj9] [Cmaj9] [Gmaj9] [Cmaj13] [F#/A]
through the skylight
|[C/D] |[D/E] [G/A] |[C/D] |[Am7] [D9+5] |
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I've got
Verse 3
[Gm6/9] [G7]
I've got plenty of java
[Gmaj7] [G7] [F/G]
And Chesterfield Kings
[Am/E] [Em] [B7] [Am] [G6]
But I feel like crying
[Cmaj7] [B7] [B7] [Em7]
I wish I had a heart of ice
[D7sus4] [Cmaj7] [Am7] [Gmaj7] [Gm/C] [F] [C/E] [G] [D7+5]
Heart like ice
[Gm6/9] [G9]
If you want your honey
[Gmaj7] [G7] [F/G]
To look super swell
[Am/E] [Em] [B7] [Am] [Em]
You must spring for that little blue jar
[Cmaj7] [B7] [B7] [Em7]
Patton's Kiss And Tell
[D7sus4] [Cmaj7] [Am7] [Gmaj7] [Gm/C] [F/A] [C/E] [G]
Kiss And Tell
[Am9] [A/B] [Cmaj9]
An inde pendent station
[Em7] [D6] [F6/9]
W J A Z
[B7] [G6]
With jazz and con ver sation
[C9] [A/B] [Em7] [Em7/D]
From the foot of Mt. Bel zoni
[B9sus4/E] [Em7]
Sweet mu sic
[F#7] [B7+5+9]
To night the night is mine
[E7] [E7sus4] [A13] [Am7] [Abm7+5] [Gmaj9] [Cmaj9]
Late line till the sun
(till the sun comes
[Gmaj9] [Cmaj9] [Gmaj9] [Cmaj9] [Gmaj9] [Cmaj9] [F#/A]
comes through the skylight
[C/D] [Am7] [F#7+5-9]
[Bmaj9] [F#7+5+9]
You'd never believe it
[B13] [Emaj13]
But once there was a time
[D#7] [Emaj13] [Emaj13] [Bmaj9] [A#7+5+9] [D#7+5+9]
When love was in my life
[G#m9] [G#9]
I sometimes wonder
[D#m7/G#] [Badd9/F#] [Amaj9]
What happened to that flame
[D#7] [Emaj13]
The answer's still the same
[G#m7] [D#7] [G#m/B] [G#/B] [G#/F] [Emaj13] [Gmaj7/A]
It was you you it was you
[D#m7] [F/G#] [C#m9] [E/F#] [Eb/F] [Am7] [D9+5]
To night you're still on my mi-i-ind
|[Gm6/9] [G9] |[Gmaj7] [G7] |[F/G] |
|[Am/E] [Em] [B7] |[Am] [Em/G] [Cmaj7] |[B7] [B7] [Em] |
| [D7sus4] [Cmaj7] | [Am7] [Gmaj7] |[Gm/C] [F] [C/E] [G] [D+5] |
|[Gm6/9] [G9] |[Gmaj7] [G7] |[F/G] |
|[Am/E] [Em] [B7] |[Am] [Em/G] [Cmaj7] |[B7] [B7] [Em] |
| [D7sus4] [Cmaj7] | [Am7] [Gmaj7] |[Gm/C] [F] [C/E] [G] |
[Am9] [A/B] [Cmaj9]
An inde pendent station
[Em7] [D6] [F6/9]
W J A Z
[B7] [G6]
With jazz and con ver sation
[C9] [A/B] [Em7] [Em7/D]
From the foot of Mt. Bel zoni
[B9sus4/E] [Em7]
Sweet mu sic
[F#7] [B7+5+9]
To night the night is mine
[E7] [E7sus4] [A13] [Am7] [G#m7+5] [Gmaj13] [Cmaj9]
Late line till the sun
(till the sun comes
[Gmaj9] [Cmaj9] [Gmaj9] [Cmaj13] [Gmaj9] [Cmaj9]
comes through the skylight
|[Gmaj9] [Cmaj9] |[Gmaj9] [Cmaj9] |[F#/A] . .( increasing in pitch )
