The Association - On a Quiet Night

      
 
 "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

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 -----10----10---- -10----10----10-- ---10----10----10
 -9-----9-----9--- ---9-----9-----9- -----9-----9-----
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 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

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 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