Ray Price - Night Life

      
 
 (BMI 1065142)
 Written by Willie Nelson, W. Breeland, P. Buskirk
 Published by Glad Music Co, and Sony ATV Song Tree Inc.
 Performed by Ray Price (Decca Records)

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 The original has an excellent steel guitar part by
 Grady Martin, but you can also do a great job with a
 6-string. Just let those blues riffs rip...

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 Instrumental Intro
 D Bm Emaj7 A A7 D 
       
    D                         Bm  
 1. When the evenin' sun goes down
 
 G                         F    
 You will find me hangin' 'round
 
 D              Bm    Emaj7   A   A7 
 The night life ain't no good life
 
          D        Bm Emaj7 A7 
 But it's my life! 
 
 2. Many people just like me,
 Dreamin' of old used-to-be.
 The night life ain't no good life,
 But it's my life!
 
 Bridge:
 
 D                            D7     
 Listen to the blues, they're playin'
 
 
 G7                 A7        D7    Emaj7 A A7 
 Listen to what the blues are sayin'
 
 
 3. Mine is just another scene,
 From the world of broken dreams.
 The night life ain't no good life,
 But it's my life!
 
 Instrumental break
 
 Repeat 3.
 
 Tag:
         D     Bm            Emaj7     A7 
 Oh, the night life ain't no good life,
 A7 D G A7 D 
      

 But its my ---------- life!
 

 ^ good place for
 adding color chords,
 to your own taste...
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 Tabbed 03/31/97 by Bob West, based on how our band did it,
 which was taken from the original Ray Price recording on
 Decca (1963?). Improvements and corrections cheerfully
 accepted! Also, thanks and kudos to the Staff and Management
 of COWPIE for maintaining this tremendous database of songs!
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