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Blackness Of The Night

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Blackness Of The Night chords *
Cat Stevens 1967 (New Masters)
https://catstevens.com/new-single-yusuf-cat-stevens-2/
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|---0---0----5-0-----5-0---|
D|----------------2-------2-|
A|-3---3---3--------3-------|
E|--------------------------|
In the Cblackness of the Fnight
I seem to Gwander endlessCly
with a hope burning Fout deep inGside
I'm a Ffugitive, commuGnity has Cdriven me Amout
For this Fbad, bad Gworld I'm beCginning to Amdoubt
I'm aClone and there is Fno one by my Gside
In the Cblackness of the Fnight
I see a Gshadow blasting Cby
from the heels of an Fold soldier Gboy.
There's no Fcompromising
Gand his eyes are Cblack as the Amsky
For this Fbad, bad Gworld he is Cgoing to Amdie.
He's aClone and there is Fno one by his Gside
In the Cblackness of the Fnight
I see a Gsparkle of a Cstar
from the sweet silver Ftear of a Gchild
and she's Fclutching at a Gphotograph of Clong, long aAmgo
When her Fparents were Ghappy she was Ctoo young to Amknow
she's aClone and there is Fno one by her Gside
C F G C  F G  F G C Am  F G C Am  C F G
I'm aClone and there is Fno one by my Gside
In the Cblackness of the Fnight
I seem to Gwander endlessCly
with a hope burning Fout deep inGside
I'm a Ffugitive, commuGnity has Cdriven me Amout
For this Fbad, bad Gworld I'm beCginning to Amdoubt
I'm aClone and there is Fno one by my Gside
* Alternate:
Capo III
  C= A  
  F= D  
  G= E  
 Am= F#m  
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Blackness Of The Night

by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

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Blackness Of The Night chords *

Cat Stevens 1967 (New Masters)

https://catstevens.com/new-single-yusuf-cat-stevens-2/

e|--------------------------|

B|--------------------------|

G|---0---0----5-0-----5-0---|

D|----------------2-------2-|

A|-3---3---3--------3-------|

E|--------------------------|

C F

In the blackness of the night

G C

I seem to wander endlessly

F G

with a hope burning out deep inside

F G C Am

I'm a fugitive, community has driven me out

F G C Am

For this bad, bad world I'm beginning to doubt

C F G

I'm alone and there is no one by my side

C F

In the blackness of the night

G C

I see a shadow blasting by

F G

from the heels of an old soldier boy.

There's no compromising

G C Am

and his eyes are black as the sky

F G C Am

For this bad, bad world he is going to die.

C F G

He's alone and there is no one by his side

C F

In the blackness of the night

G C

I see a sparkle of a star

F G

from the sweet silver tear of a child

F G C Am

and she's clutching at a photograph of long, long ago

F G C Am

When her parents were happy she was too young to know

C F G

she's alone and there is no one by her side

C F G C F G F G C Am F G C Am C F G

C F G

I'm alone and there is no one by my side

C F

In the blackness of the night

G C

I seem to wander endlessly

F G

with a hope burning out deep inside

F G C Am

I'm a fugitive, community has driven me out

F G C Am

For this bad, bad world I'm beginning to doubt

C F G

I'm alone and there is no one by my side

* Alternate:

Capo III

C A

F D

G E

Am F#m

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About Blackness Of The Night Chords by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

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