Because the Night Chords by Patti Smith Group

_ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ Take [G] me now, baby, [Bm] here as I am Pull me [G] close, [B]
try and understand
_ Desire [G] is hunger, is the [Bm] fire I breathe Love is [G] a banquet on which [Bm] we [G] feed
Come on [A] now, [D] try and _ understand The way [G] I see you when I'm in [A] your head
Take [G] my hand, come under [A] cover [C] They can't hurt you [Bm] now, can't hurt you now
[F#] Can't hurt you now _ _ _
[G] Because the night [A] belongs to the lover [Bm] [G] Because the night [A] belongs to [Bm] the light
Because [G] the night [A] belongs to the [Bm] lover [G] Because the night [A] belongs to us
How about [G] now, when I'm [Bm]
alone?
[G] Love is the ring, [A] the [Bm] telephone
_ Love [G] is an [B] angel disguised as [Bm] lust
Here in our [G] bed until the [Bm] morning comes
[A] Come on now, try and _ understand
[Bm] The way I feel under your [A] command
[D] Take [G] my hand as you [A] _ [C] condescend
Because you're now
[Bm] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Because the knife [A] belongs to lovers
[G] Because the knife [A] belongs [Bm] to love
Because [G] the knife [A] belongs to lovers
[B] Because [G] the knife [A] belongs to [G] us
_ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ Who could [A] _ [D] refuse [A] without
The vicious [Bm] _ _ [A] advertisements
[D]
Without [A] you, I cannot live
[D] Forget the yearning, burning, [G] I believe
[D] It's [G] time to really disappear
But just [C#] me [D] now, just me [G] now, just me _ _
[F#] _ now
_ [G] Because the night [A] belongs to lovers
Because [G] the night [A] belongs [Bm] to lovers
_ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] Cause [G] we believe in [A] the [B] nightly trance
[G] Because the night [A] belongs to lovers
[G] Because the night [A] belongs [G] to lovers
Because the night [A] belongs to lovers
[Bm] Because the night [A] belongs [Bm] to lovers
Cause [G] we believe in the [A] nightly trance
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
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