The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin piano tab
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Nights In White Satin
( From the Album 'Days Of Future Passed' )
small case letters above chord symbols
indicate individual notes:
c4: middle C, and notes above in that octave...
c5: C above middle C
c3: C below middle C etc.
numbers behind notes will only be indicated
when notes enter another octave or begin a new line
..of note: the Dadd9 chord that appears throughout sounds better
if the D note is omitted in the chord( but of course played in the bass )
in other words-albeit rather long-windedly--played as a F#m7(no5)over a D bass
.flute: ..strings: ac. guitar:
b4 b c5 b4 a f# b4 d5 a f# c# b4 e5 c f#4 e b f#..
Cmaj7/F F9 Em9 Em6/9 Em9+5 Em D
Em D Em D Em D
Nights in white satin, never reching an end
C G F Em
Letters I've written, never meaning to send
strings:
e4................. d e f# g f# d e
Em Dadd9 Em
Beauty I'd always missed,
e...........................d e f# g f# d c
Em Dadd9 C
with these eyes before
c4............b3.......a..................e
C G F Em
Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore
A C
'Cause I love you, yes I love you,
Em Dadd9 D
oh, how I love you aahh aaah ahhh
Em Dadd9 D
oh, I love you
aahh aaah ahhh
violin:
e5..................... d e f# g f# d e
Em Dadd9 Em
Gazing at people,
e5.................d e f# g f# d c
Em Dadd9 C
some hand in hand
c5...............b4.............a...................g.....e
C G F Em
Just what I'm going through they can't understand
strings:
e4................... d e f# g f# d e
Em Dadd9 Em
Some try to tell me,
e4..........................d e f# g f# d c
Em Dadd9 C
thoughts they cannot defend
c4...............b3.............a..................g....
C G F Em
Just what you want to be, you will be in the end
A C
And I love you, yes I love you,
Em Dadd9 D
oh, how I love you aahh aaah ahhh
snare:
bass: e3 b2 g e.........X!
Em Dadd9 D Em
oh, I love you aahh aaah ahhh
flute:
b4 e5 f# g f# e d e f# e d c d e d# bass: b2 b b
Em D C B
b4 e5 f# g a g f# g a g f# e f# g f#
Em D C B
b5 b bb a g e g b b bb a g e
Em C7 Em C7
g5 a b c6 b5 b c6 b a b c6 b5
Am B Am B
orch:
e5 d e6......... e4 e d e e d
Em D C Em D Em D
violin:
e6 b5 a d e6 b5 a d
Em D Em D
Nights in white satin, never reaching the end
G C F Em
Letters I've written, never meaning to send
strings:
e4................. d e f# g f# d e
Em Dadd9 Em
Beauty I'd always missed,
e...........................d e f# g f# d c
Em Dadd9 C
with these eyes before
c4............b3.......a..................e
C G F Em
Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore
A C
'Cause I love you, yes I love you,
Em Dadd9 D
oh, how I love you
aahh aaah ahhh
e5 e e e e e e e e e
Em Dadd9 D Em
oh, how I love you oooo
aahh aaah ahhh
A C
'Cause I love you, yes I love you,
Em Dadd9 D
oh, how I love you
aahh aaah ahhh
Em Dadd9 D Em
oh, I love you hooo............
aahh aaah ahhh
strings: g3 a b c4 d c d e f# g f# g a b c6 b4 c6 d e f# g f# g a......
horns: d4 d d d d d d
Em7
a6................................g.... g f# e e.......
c#5 b4 c#5 d c# d e d e f# g g g g e e e e e
A/E Bm/E A/E C C#o F#7/C# Fmaj7
strings: g6 f# f# e d e..............d3 e f# g f# d e
Em7 A C Dadd9 Em
e4.................d e f# g d e.................d e f# g f# d
Em Dadd9 Em Dadd9
french horn: e4 d b3..........................
bass viol: e2.......d2 e f# g d e............d2 e f# g d
violins: g4 a b d5 e
cello d3 e f# g d e..........d4 e f# g d e.......
Em/C D/C Em/C D/C Em/C
violins: e5 e e f g a b...........................
cello d4 e f# g d e.......... orchestra: b4 b b b b
Em/C Cmaj13/F
violins: c6 b5 g e d a4 b..............................
orchestra: b4 b b b b
Cmaj13/F
d3..
b2...
violins: b5 a g e d b4 a g e d b3 a g e d ab2..
horns: d3 e b2 a g a g e d...
Ddim
pizzicato violins:
e5 f g d f bb e f g d f bb e f g d.....e4
Ddim
g#5.............................
Amaj7
Breathe deep in the gathering gloom
g#5.............................
Amaj7 Amaj13
Watch lights fade from every room
g#5.............................
Amaj13
Bedsitter people look back and lament
g#5.............................
Amaj13
Another day's useless energy's spent
gb4..........................
Ebm7
Impassioned lovers wrestle as one
db5 eb f...........
Bbm9
Lonely man cries for love and has none
gb4...................................
Bm7 Cm7-5
New mother picks up and suckles her son
oboe:
c#5 e b g#
C#m7 Amaj7
Senior citizens wish they were young
Amaj7
Cold-hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colors from our sight
Red is grey and yellow white
And we decide which is right
And which is an illusion
strings:
g#3 a c#4 e b e f# a e5 b4 c5 d b e g a c6 d g e b...........
F#m7 Fmaj7 Cmaj13 Bbmaj7-5 Em/F
tymp: orch:
strings:b6............................f#3...... X d5..............
horns b4.....b b b b b b b b
Cmaj13/F Em9 Em9.............
Gong: X...................
chart and transcription
Peter Kruger
casparus50@yahoo.ca
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Author: Justin Hayward, Redwave
Composer: Justin Hayward
Publisher: Universal Records
Details:
Released in: 2014
Language: English
Appearing on: Out of This World (1979) , Say It With Love (2003)
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