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Hold Back The Night

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No 5 in the UK charts in 1975.
Capo on 2 for correct key = B.
Intro =  Bm   D   A    C#m   A   C#m   D    Bm   A   C#m   D     Bm   E   D    Bm   E   D    Bm   D   Bm  D  
Chorus
AHold back the night C#mturn on the lights
Don't wanna Ddream about you baby
Bm(Dream about you baby)
AHold back the night C#mturn on the lights
Don't wanna Ddream about you baby
Bm(Dream about you baby)
Verse 1
EWhen you left you took the sun right Bmout of the Dsky
EWondered why you went away never Bmtold never told me me Dwhy
And when the Bmsun goes Ddown and the Bmmoon is Dnear
I'm Bmscared to Ddeath 'cause your Eface appears
Chorus
AHold back the night C#mturn on the lights
Don't wanna Ddream about you baby
Bm(Dream about you baby)
AHold back the night C#mturn on the lights
Don't wanna Ddream about you baby
Bm(Dream about you baby)
Verse 2
ELoneliness is haunting me when I Bmgo to bed Dhoney
Like a Echaracter in a book in a Bmbook that I Dread
And when the Bmsun goes Ddown the Bmmoon is Dnear
I'm Bmscared to Ddeath 'cause your Eface appears
AHold it hold it hold it hold it
Music
A C#m D Bm  A C#m D Bm  Bm D Bm D Bm D E
Chorus to outro
AHold back the night C#mturn on the lights
Don't want to Ddream about you baby
Bm(Dream about you baby)
AHold back the night C#mturn on the lights
Don't want to Ddream about you baby
Bm(Dream about you baby)
And when the Bmsun goes Ddown the and Bmmoon is Dnear
I'm Bmscared to Ddeath 'cause your Eface Dappears come on
Outro
AHold back the night C#mturn on the lights
Don't want to Ddream about you baby
Bm(Dream about you baby)Chorus
AHold back the night C#mturn on the lights
Don't wanna Ddream about you baby
Bm(Dream about you baby)
AHold back the night C#mturn on the lights
Don't wanna Ddream about you baby
Bm(Dream about you baby)....repeat from 'Hold back the night' to '(dream about you baby)' to fade. 

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Hold Back The Night

by The Trammps

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

No 5 in the UK charts in 1975.

Capo on 2 for correct key = B.

Bm D A C#m A C#m D Bm A C#m D Bm E D Bm E D Bm D Bm D

Intro =

Chorus

A C#m

Hold back the night turn on the lights

Don't wanna dream about you baby

(Dream about you baby)

A C#m

Hold back the night turn on the lights

Don't wanna dream about you baby

(Dream about you baby)

Verse 1

E Bm D

When you left you took the sun right out of the sky

E Bm D

Wondered why you went away never told never told me me why

Bm D Bm D

And when the sun goes down and the moon is near

Bm D E

I'm scared to death 'cause your face appears

Chorus

A C#m

Hold back the night turn on the lights

Don't wanna dream about you baby

(Dream about you baby)

A C#m

Hold back the night turn on the lights

Don't wanna dream about you baby

(Dream about you baby)

Verse 2

E Bm D

Loneliness is haunting me when I go to bed honey

E Bm D

Like a character in a book in a book that I read

Bm D Bm D

And when the sun goes down the moon is near

Bm D E

I'm scared to death 'cause your face appears

Hold it hold it hold it hold it

Music

A C#m D Bm A C#m D Bm Bm D Bm D Bm D E

Chorus to outro

A C#m

Hold back the night turn on the lights

Don't want to dream about you baby

(Dream about you baby)

A C#m

Hold back the night turn on the lights

Don't want to dream about you baby

(Dream about you baby)

Bm D Bm D

And when the sun goes down the and moon is near

Bm D E D

I'm scared to death 'cause your face appears come on

Outro

A C#m

Hold back the night turn on the lights

Don't want to dream about you baby

(Dream about you baby)Chorus

A C#m

Hold back the night turn on the lights

Don't wanna dream about you baby

(Dream about you baby)

A C#m

Hold back the night turn on the lights

Don't wanna dream about you baby

(Dream about you baby)....repeat from 'Hold back the night' to '(dream about you baby)' to fade.

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