Because The Night Guitar Tab

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Because the Night,
Written by Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen.
On Easter (for Patti's version).

Play fairly fast, but keep the rhythm.  Its fairly easy if you listen to the song.


Intro: Bm    G    A      Bm         G     A     Bm
	|| | | || |   |  || | ||| | |  |  |  ||  | (into verse)
Verse:
Bm      G          A         Bm
Take me now, baby, here as I am.	
	G	      A    Bm
Pull me close try and understand.	  
	G		 A      Bm
Desire is hunger, is the fire I breathe.	  
	G	     A        Bm
Love is a banquet on which we feed.
	G       A            D    A
Come on now, try and understand    
Bm    G                     A
the way I feel when I'm in your hand.
D       G                A
Take my hand; come under cover.     
C                   Bm		     F#
They can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now.

Chorus:
Bm      G                 A
Because the night belongs to lovers.
Bm      G                 A  Bm
Because the night belongs to lust.        
	G                 A
Because the night belongs to lovers.
Bm      G		  A  Bm
Because the night belongs to us.


Second verse:
Have I doubt when I'm alone?
Love is a ring on the telephone.
Love is an angel disguised as lust,
here in our bed until the morning comes.
Come on now, try and understand
the way I feel under your command.
Take my hand as the sun descends.
They can't touch you now, can't touch you now, can't touch you now.

*Chorus*

Outro:     
D    A    	    D	       A      		   Bm   A
With love we sleep; with doubt the viscious circle turn and turns.
D	A	     Bm    A	   D        A
Without you I cannot live, forgive the yearning, burning   
G     D	   G
I believe in time, too real to feel,   
Bm		 D	       G              F#
so touch me now, touch me now, touch me now.

Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/p/patti_smith/331664.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Erin Rhythm Player	#1 by Erin at May 8, 2006 at 6:18 PM EST
	i love this song. props to patti smith!

No Picture Jesse Professional	#2 by Jesse Garcia at May 26, 2006 at 9:05 PM EST
	Bruce Springsteen actually wrote the music and chorus, but he was in some legal battle with his manager and couldn't record it so he gave it to Patti because he felt it suited her style and voice. She filled in the rest of the lyrics. They actually worked together a bunch of times.

No Picture Harvey Rhythm Player	#3 by Harvey Puentes at Aug 11, 2006 at 2:49 PM EST
	And an amazing performer, too. She's the only performer who's ever made me cry at one of her shows, and I've seen a lot of shows.

No Picture HIYA Wanna Be	#4 by HIYA at Dec 24, 2006 at 1:27 PM EST
	It's worth looking at these lyrics and comparing them with those of the Springsteen one. Springsteen wrote it but couldn't get it to work in it's original form. He gave it to Patti and her band who rocked it up, the arrangement they'd both subsequently use. She changed some of they lyrics too, and the differences between the two versions are quite marked. Springsteen's is typical Springsteen territory - the workingman at the end of his day seeking solace in the arms of his girl. Patti's is more abstract, imagery, and the marriage of power with a deep core of vulnerability - you and me against the world, but the loneliness and doubt of the day time - imploring her lover to forgive the strength of her passion, and for physical embrace to allay the doubts. They're both excellent, but very different perspectives wrung from the same song.

No Picture Jimmy Lead Player	#5 by Jimmy Chezz at Mar 8, 2007 at 1:17 AM EST
	I can't believe some shitty Avril song gets like 100 replys, but a brilliant song like this only gets 1.

No Picture Rodney Wanna Be	#6 by Rodney at Apr 3, 2007 at 7:38 AM EST
	"With love we sleep With doubt the vicious circle Turn and burls Without you I cannot live Forgive, the yearning burning I believe it's time, too real to feel So touch me now, touch me now, touch me now Because the night belongs to lovers ... " =]

No Picture bec Average	#7 by bec madden at Aug 13, 2007 at 11:19 AM EST
	This songs is really great.But it makes me kinda sad when i talk about this song and i get replies like patti who??God people really need to broaden their musical horizons and explore quality music!