[D] [C#m] [Bm] [A] [G]
Some old hotel room in Memphis
[Bm] [A] [G]
I see the city through the rain
[Bm] [A] [G] [D/F#]
I'm just chasing me my time
[Em] [A]
And remembering some pain
[Bm] [A] [G]
See there once was a boy
[Bm] [A] [G]
And on the street he'd surely die
[Bm] [A] [G] [D/F#]
So the nightbird took him in
[Em] [A]
And she taught him how to fly
[A] [G]
See the nightbird softly fly
[D]
Why does she fly alone?
[E] [C] [G]
Is the moonlight just a flame for her memory?
[D] [C#m]
Now she's gone
[Bm] [A] [G]
Two bit bars and honky tonks
[Bm] [A] [G]
Any pleasure can be found
[Bm] [A] [G] [D/F#]
You can get just what you want
[Em] [A]
If you lay your money down
[Bm] [A] [G]
And loney sailors do their drinking
[Bm] [A] [G]
My, my, my how the brave men do die
[Bm] [A] [G] [D/F#]
And the nightbird sells her pleasures
[Em] [A]
Bringing tears to my eyes
[A] [G]
See the nightbird softly fly
[D]
Why does she fly alone?
[E] [C] [G]
Is the moonlight just a flame for her memory?
[D] [C#m]
Now she's gone
[Bm] [A] [G]
So I guess I'll go out walking
[Bm] [A] [G]
Lord, let the rain keep falling down
[Bm] [A] [G] [D/F#]
I guess I'll go chase some memories
[Em] [A]
On the dark side of town
[A] [G]
See the nightbird softly fly
[D]
Why does she fly alone?
[E] [C] [G]
Is the moonlight just a flame for her memory?
[D] [C#m]
Now she's gone
