The Night Belongs To Mona

 g5     f    e   d     c#  e     b4    a      d5   e
D7sus4      Fmaj9/Bb   Amaj7     Db7   Db7+5  Cmaj9


b4    a   d5     f     g4   eb5   d      f....
B+5/F     Ebmaj9      A7-5        Gm7addC/Ab


Db7(no5) Cmaj7          Fmaj7        Am7     Em7      Am7
              Mona's be come a child of the  night
                                              (ni-i-i-i-ight)
                    a4     g
              C9   C13  C9
When she goes out

Fmaj9                Abmaj7+5/Bb   Abmaj7-5/Bb
       It's only for bare     ne   cessities

Cmaj7                Fmaj7        Am7       Em7      Am7
      She says she's had it up to here with light
                                             (li-i-i-ight)
                C9
While the city sleeps

Fmaj9                 E7+5
      That's when she comes alive

        Abmaj7-5/Bb       AmaddB
Yes the night belongs to  Mona

           Abmaj7+5/Bb    Abmaj7-5/Bb    E/G   Am7
When she's dancing        all       a    lone

      D7sus4        Fmaj7/Bb    Amaj7
Forty floors   a    bove the    city

Db7+5   Cmaj9
CDs     spinnin'

B+5/F    Ebmaj9
AC       hummin'
                           b3    eb4    e
A7-5       Gm7addC/Ab     Db7   G7+5  Cmaj7
Feelin'    pretty

                Fmaj7           Am7    Em7        Am7
Sometime she'll call at some un holy   hour
                                         (hou-ou-ou-ou

                     a4    g    e    e
             C9     C13    C9        Fmaj9
She wants to talk

           Abmaj7+5/Bb         Abmaj7-5/Bb
All of this grim        and    funny stuff

Cmaj7                   Fmaj7        Am7     Em7         Am7
     Then she'll go all quiet in her Chelsea tower
                                                 (tow.......



                         a4    g   e
                  C9     C13   C9  Fmaj9
And that's when we wait

               Abmaj7-5+5/Bb
To see how the story   ends

                           AmaddB
Cause the night belongs to Mona

           Abmaj7+5/Bb   Abmaj7-5+5/Bb     E/G   Am7
When she's dancing       all       a       lone

        D7sus4    Fmaj7/Bb    Amaj7
Forty floors   a  bove the    city

Db7+5   Cmaj9
CDs    spinnin'

B+5/F  Ebmaj9
AC     hummin'

A7-5      Gm7addC/Ab
Feelin'   pretty

Ab7-5+5                     FmaddG
      Was it the fire down  town

     Bbm7       Eb11     Cm7
That turned her world a  round

     Bbm7    Eb9                Dbmaj9
Some guy or  lots of different  things

              Abm9        Eb11
We all wonder where she's gone

           Abm9            Eb11
That sunny girl we used to know

          Abm9             Amaj7  Dmaj7
Now every night we get the Mona   Show

F#m7       Fmaj9            Am7      Em7      Am7
Maybe it's good that she's above it  all
                                       (awwwww....

                     C13
Things don't seem as dark

Fmaj9                Ab+5/Bb  Bb9
      When you're al ready    dressed in black

Cmaj9               Fmaj9           Am7    Em7        Am9
      We try not to see the writing on the wall
                                              (waaaah...

                C13
What happens to morrow

         Fmaj9     F13
When the moonrays


       Fm(maj7)   Fm6
Get so bright

                 bb4    a
         Am7    Am7-9   Am7
When she rises

            Ab+5
Towards the starlight

      Cmaj7/G
Miles above

           D7/F#   Fmaj9
The city's heat

         Cmaj9/G
Will she fall hard

         E/G    Gm7-5   G11
Or float softly to the  street

G13-9            Abmaj7+5/Bb      AmaddB
     Tonight the night belongs to Mona

           Abmaj7+5/Bb    Abmaj7-5/Bb       E/G   Am7
When she's dancing        all            a  lone

      D7sus4      Fmaj7/Bb   Amaj7
Forty floors   a  bove the   city

Db7+5   Cmaj9
CDs     spinnin'

B+5/F  Ebmaj9
AC     hummin'

A7-5      Gm7addC/Ab
Feelin'   pretty

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Peter Kruger
casparus50@yahoo.ca