Talking Back To The Night Chords by Steve Winwood
Tempo:
126.7 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
C
Eb
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[Eb]
[Gm] [G]
[Eb]
[Gm] High above the [G] heat [Eb] of a summer New [Gm] York breeze
[G] He's [Eb] [C]
been on a world position [G]
with [Eb] [G] a soul of [Gm] saxophone
[G]
[D] He's a preacher and a teacher [Cm] and [C] he spends it [Gm] all alone
[Eb] [Bb]
[C] [Gm] Spend it in the dark [G]
[Eb] [C] of a vision in [Gm] a box
A [Eb]
[Gm] poet in his madness, rapid [C]
fire in the darkness
[G]
[D] Heaven's losing and he's [Cm] useless and [C] he says he's too tired
[G]
It's [Eb] [Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[Eb] [C] alright, he's been talking back, [Dm] [A] he's all [C] that they can [Gm] do
[C]
Talking back [Dm] to the night, [Am] he's how they make it [Gm] through
If
[C] you listen you can hear [Gm] this, [F] their voices grow you needed
[Bb] [D] They're talking back, [Gm] [G]
[Eb]
[Eb] [Gm] something seems to [G] take
[Eb] [Cm] Every time I look [Gm] at [G]
[Eb] you,
[Gm] school is getting slower
[Cm] And you wonder where [Gm] you're going
[D]
And he's trying hard to make [Cm] it, [C] and he's [Gm] trying hard to learn
Oh, [Eb]
[Gm] never mind,
[Eb] who's [G]
taking all [Gm] the violence in
[Eb] [D]
He's [Gm] putting me in the [G] darkness where [Eb] [Cm] the loneliness [Gm] can be
[G]
[D] Give him what he has [Cm] to, [C] and it's no [E] longer [Gm] vanity
[Eb] [Dm]
[C] He's [Dm]
[D] [Eb] [C] been talking back, [Dm] [C] he's all that they [Gm] can do
[C]
Talking back [Dm] to the night, [D] he's how they make it [Gm] through
[C] If you listen you can hear [Gm] this, [F] their voices grow you needed
[Bb] [D]
[Gm] [D]
[Eb] [Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[Eb] [Cm] It's alright, it's [C] alright, talking back [Dm] to the night
[D]
[Am] Something [Gm] new, [G]
talking back [Dm] to the night
[D]
[Gm] [C] Talking back [Dm] to the night
[D]
[Gm] [C]
Talking back [Dm] to the night
[A]
[Gm] [G]
Talking back [Dm] to the night
[D]
[Gm] [C]
Talking [D] back
[Gm] [D]
to [Dm] the night
[Gm] [Am]
[Dm]
[Gm] [D]
[Eb]
[Gm] [G]
[Eb]
[Gm] High above the [G] heat [Eb] of a summer New [Gm] York breeze
[G] He's [Eb] [C]
been on a world position [G]
with [Eb] [G] a soul of [Gm] saxophone
[G]
[D] He's a preacher and a teacher [Cm] and [C] he spends it [Gm] all alone
[Eb] [Bb]
[C] [Gm] Spend it in the dark [G]
[Eb] [C] of a vision in [Gm] a box
A [Eb]
[Gm] poet in his madness, rapid [C]
fire in the darkness
[G]
[D] Heaven's losing and he's [Cm] useless and [C] he says he's too tired
[G]
It's [Eb] [Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[Eb] [C] alright, he's been talking back, [Dm] [A] he's all [C] that they can [Gm] do
[C]
Talking back [Dm] to the night, [Am] he's how they make it [Gm] through
If
[C] you listen you can hear [Gm] this, [F] their voices grow you needed
[Bb] [D] They're talking back, [Gm] [G]
[Eb]
[Eb] [Gm] something seems to [G] take
[Eb] [Cm] Every time I look [Gm] at [G]
[Eb] you,
[Gm] school is getting slower
[Cm] And you wonder where [Gm] you're going
[D]
And he's trying hard to make [Cm] it, [C] and he's [Gm] trying hard to learn
Oh, [Eb]
[Gm] never mind,
[Eb] who's [G]
taking all [Gm] the violence in
[Eb] [D]
He's [Gm] putting me in the [G] darkness where [Eb] [Cm] the loneliness [Gm] can be
[G]
[D] Give him what he has [Cm] to, [C] and it's no [E] longer [Gm] vanity
[Eb] [Dm]
[C] He's [Dm]
[D] [Eb] [C] been talking back, [Dm] [C] he's all that they [Gm] can do
[C]
Talking back [Dm] to the night, [D] he's how they make it [Gm] through
[C] If you listen you can hear [Gm] this, [F] their voices grow you needed
[Bb] [D]
[Gm] [D]
[Eb] [Dm]
[C] [Dm]
[Eb] [Cm] It's alright, it's [C] alright, talking back [Dm] to the night
[D]
[Am] Something [Gm] new, [G]
talking back [Dm] to the night
[D]
[Gm] [C] Talking back [Dm] to the night
[D]
[Gm] [C]
Talking back [Dm] to the night
[A]
[Gm] [G]
Talking back [Dm] to the night
[D]
[Gm] [C]
Talking [D] back
[Gm] [D]
to [Dm] the night
[Gm] [Am]
[Dm]
[Gm] [D]
Key:
Gm
C
Eb
G
D
Gm
C
Eb
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ High above the _ [G] heat _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ of a summer New [Gm] York _ breeze
[G] He's _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ been on a world position [G] _
with _ [Eb] _ _ _ [G] a soul of _ [Gm] saxophone
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ He's a preacher and a teacher _ [Cm] _ and [C] he spends it [Gm] all alone _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ [Gm] Spend it in the dark [G] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] of a vision in [Gm] a box
_ A _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ poet in his _ madness, _ _ _ _ _ rapid [C]
fire in the darkness
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ Heaven's losing and he's [Cm] useless _ and [C] he says he's too tired
_ [G] _ _
It's [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] alright, he's been talking back, [Dm] _ _ _ [A] he's all [C] that they can [Gm] do
_ _ _ [C] _
Talking back [Dm] to the night, _ [Am] he's how they make it [Gm] through
If _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ you listen you can hear [Gm] this, _ _ [F] their voices grow you needed
[Bb] _ _ _ [D] They're talking back, _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Gm] something seems to [G] take _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] Every time I look [Gm] at _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ you, _
_ [Gm] school is getting slower _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] And you wonder where [Gm] you're going
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And he's trying hard to make [Cm] it, _ [C] and he's [Gm] trying hard to learn _ _ _
Oh, [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ never mind, _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ who's [G] _
taking all [Gm] the violence in _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
He's [Gm] putting me in the [G] darkness _ where [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] the loneliness [Gm] can be
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ Give him what he has [Cm] to, _ _ [C] and it's no [E] longer _ [Gm] vanity _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] He's _ _ [Dm] _ _
[D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] been talking back, [Dm] _ _ _ [C] he's all that they [Gm] can do
_ _ [C] _
Talking back [Dm] to the night, _ [D] he's how they make it [Gm] through _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ If you listen you can hear [Gm] this, _ _ [F] their voices grow you needed
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] [Cm] It's alright, it's [C] alright, talking back [Dm] to the night
_ _ [D] _
[Am] Something _ [Gm] new, _ _ [G] _
talking back [Dm] to the _ night
[D] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] Talking back [Dm] to the night
_ [D] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
Talking back [Dm] to the night
_ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
Talking back [Dm] to the night
_ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
Talking [D] back _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
to [Dm] the night _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ High above the _ [G] heat _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ of a summer New [Gm] York _ breeze
[G] He's _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ been on a world position [G] _
with _ [Eb] _ _ _ [G] a soul of _ [Gm] saxophone
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ He's a preacher and a teacher _ [Cm] _ and [C] he spends it [Gm] all alone _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ [Gm] Spend it in the dark [G] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] of a vision in [Gm] a box
_ A _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ poet in his _ madness, _ _ _ _ _ rapid [C]
fire in the darkness
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ Heaven's losing and he's [Cm] useless _ and [C] he says he's too tired
_ [G] _ _
It's [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] alright, he's been talking back, [Dm] _ _ _ [A] he's all [C] that they can [Gm] do
_ _ _ [C] _
Talking back [Dm] to the night, _ [Am] he's how they make it [Gm] through
If _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ you listen you can hear [Gm] this, _ _ [F] their voices grow you needed
[Bb] _ _ _ [D] They're talking back, _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Gm] something seems to [G] take _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] Every time I look [Gm] at _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ you, _
_ [Gm] school is getting slower _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] And you wonder where [Gm] you're going
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And he's trying hard to make [Cm] it, _ [C] and he's [Gm] trying hard to learn _ _ _
Oh, [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ never mind, _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ who's [G] _
taking all [Gm] the violence in _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
He's [Gm] putting me in the [G] darkness _ where [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] the loneliness [Gm] can be
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ Give him what he has [Cm] to, _ _ [C] and it's no [E] longer _ [Gm] vanity _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] He's _ _ [Dm] _ _
[D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] been talking back, [Dm] _ _ _ [C] he's all that they [Gm] can do
_ _ [C] _
Talking back [Dm] to the night, _ [D] he's how they make it [Gm] through _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ If you listen you can hear [Gm] this, _ _ [F] their voices grow you needed
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] [Cm] It's alright, it's [C] alright, talking back [Dm] to the night
_ _ [D] _
[Am] Something _ [Gm] new, _ _ [G] _
talking back [Dm] to the _ night
[D] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] Talking back [Dm] to the night
_ [D] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
Talking back [Dm] to the night
_ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
Talking back [Dm] to the night
_ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
Talking [D] back _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
to [Dm] the night _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _