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Thread #9958 Message #3543184
Posted By: Larry The Radio Guy
29-Jul-13 - 12:43 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Night Life (Willie Nelson)
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: NIGHT LIFE (Willie Nelson)
I sing the Willie Nelson version......I don't know if others used different lyrics. I haven't gone back to the original for awhile, so hopefully these lyrics and chords are correct.
NIGHT LIFE. (Willie Nelson, Walter Breeland & Paul Buskirk
C C7
When the evenin' sun goes down,
F Ab
You will find me hangin' 'round;
C A7 D G
Oh, the night life, ain't a good life,
C A7 Dm7 G7
But it's my life.
C C7
Many people just like me
F Ab
Dreamin' of old used-to-be's;
C A D G
and the night life, ain't a good life,
C F Fm C
But it's my life.
Bridge:
C C7 (4bar guitar riff)
Listen to the blues they're playin'
F Fm C G7
Listen to what the blues are sayin'
C C7
Mine is just another scene
F Ab
From the world of broken dreams
C A7 D G
Oh, the night life, ain't no good life
C F Fm C G7
But it's my life
Instr. (verse)
repeat Bridge.
(last line of bridge).
C A
But it's my life……..
D G
Oh the night life, ain't no good life.
C
But it's my ……………life.