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