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Aminor

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"Nightrider" - ELO
From the album "Face the Music".
There's some weird chord changes in here, so bear with me..
AmI remember somewhere in the C7rain,
The faces of the Fpassers-by,
Esus4Staring Efaces broken F#maj7blinds,
AmI recall the situation cC7learly standing in a cFrowded car,
I Esus4can feEel the need in F#maj7me.Gdim  Am  Bdim  
CHORUS:
CHold on, Caugnightrider baby,
C6Hold on you're a nC7ightrider,Em9  
RDm7iding the nGight, searching for Dm7what is gGone,
Never rDm7eaching the Gend, so you Dm7must travel oGn.
(Repeat for second verse/chorus)
Instrumental Bridge (2:18 in the recording):
D#m9    C#m9    Bm9

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Nightrider

by Electric Light Orchestra

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Esus4

F#maj7

Gdim

Bdim

Caug

Em9

Dm7

D#m9

C#m9

Bm9

"Nightrider" - ELO

From the album "Face the Music".

There's some weird chord changes in here, so bear with me..

Am C7

I remember somewhere in the rain,

The faces of the passers-by,

Esus4 E F#maj7

Staring faces broken blinds,

Am C7 F

I recall the situation clearly standing in a crowded car,

Esus4 E F#maj7 Gdim Am Bdim

I can feel the need in me.

CHORUS:

C Caug

Hold on, nightrider baby,

C6 C7 Em9

Hold on you're a nightrider,

Dm7 G Dm7 G

Riding the night, searching for what is gone,

Dm7 G Dm7 G

Never reaching the end, so you must travel on.

(Repeat for second verse/chorus)

Instrumental Bridge (2:18 in the recording):

D#m9 C#m9 Bm9

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