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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
                           "On A Quiet Night"
                              (P.F. Sloan)
Intro:
	(harpsichord arr. for guitar):
	 A/Bv   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
    ---7-----7-----7-|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7----|
    -----10----10----|-10----10----10--|---10----10----10-|
    -9-----9-----9---|---9-----9-----9-|-----9-----9------|
    -----------------|-----------------|------------------|
    -----------------|-----------------|------------------|
    -----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Verse 1:
	 Emaj7   F#m7  Emaj7/ G#  Amaj7  
	On     a     quiet  night
	Gmaj7You can Amaj7hear the Emaj7rustling of the lBsus4eaves
	 Emaj7   F#m7  Emaj7/ G#  Amaj7  
	On     a     quiet  night
	Gmaj7Distant Amaj7voices carry Emaj7softly in the Bsus4breeze
Chorus 1:
	And C#mI'm inside my room
	G#mCaptured in a moment's thought
	Gmaj7Strumming on a chord from my gF#m7uitar
	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
	-----------------|
	-------------9\--|
	-----------------|
	-----------------|
	    D#7Everybody's tG#mhinking
	Gotta F#get ahead, gotta get ahBead
	    D#7Everybody's dG#mrinking
	F#Hurrying, worrying, pAlaying the game
	All aG#mcting the same
	As BI look oAut through my G#mwindowF#mpane
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

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On A Quiet Night

by The Association

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

A/B

Emaj7

F#m7

Amaj7

Gmaj7

Bsus4

C#m

G#m

D#7

F#m

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#

#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

"On A Quiet Night"

(P.F. Sloan)

Intro:

(harpsichord arr. for guitar):

A/B

v v v v v v v v v v v v

---7-----7-----7-|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7----|

-----10----10----|-10----10----10--|---10----10----10-|

-9-----9-----9---|---9-----9-----9-|-----9-----9------|

-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

Verse 1:

Emaj7 F#m7 Emaj7 G# Amaj7

On a quiet night

Gmaj7 Amaj7 Emaj7 Bsus4

You can hear the rustling of the leaves

Emaj7 F#m7 Emaj7 G# Amaj7

On a quiet night

Gmaj7 Amaj7 Emaj7 Bsus4

Distant voices carry softly in the breeze

Chorus 1:

C#m

And I'm inside my room

G#m

Captured in a moment's thought

Gmaj7 F#m7

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

-----------------|

-------------9\--|

-----------------|

D#7 G#m

Everybody's thinking

F# B

Gotta get ahead, gotta get ahead

D#7 G#m

Everybody's drinking

F# A

Hurrying, worrying, playing the game

G#m

All acting the same

B A G#m F#m

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

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