"On A Quiet Night"
(P.F. Sloan)
Intro:
(harpsichord arr. for guitar):
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-9-----9-----9---|---9-----9-----9-|-----9-----9------|
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Verse 1:
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On a quiet night
You can hear the rustling of the leaves
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On a quiet night
Distant voices carry softly in the breeze
Chorus 1:
And I'm inside my room
Captured in a moment's thought
Strumming on a chord from my guitar
A/B [N.C.; harpsichord as per intro]
Silently, silently (silently)
So silently (so silently)
Verse 2:
On a quiet night
Time hangs heavy in the air just like a cloud
I'm lying on my bed
Scratching my head, wondering what it's about
Chorus 2:
Are we all minstrels
Playing in a three-ring circus
Searching for a purpose that's not there
Silently, silently (silently)
So silently (so silently, so silently, so silently)
Bridge:
bass:
v v v v
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Everybody's thinking
Gotta get ahead, gotta get ahead
Everybody's drinking
Hurrying, worrying, playing the game
All acting the same
As I look out through my windowpane
Verse 3:
On a quiet night
The wind, it can play tricks on your ear
Like some unsolved mystery
We all guess at the ending, but nobody comes near
[repeat chorus 2]
Coda:
A/B (harpsichord, recorder, drums, backward tambourine to fade)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers