Pretenders — Night In My Veins (ver 2) Chords
Artist: The Pretenders with Chrissie Hynde
Song: Night In My Veins
Album/ DVD: Isle of View
Version: —
by The Pretenders (Hynde)
as sung by The Pretenders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrissie_Hynde
on 'Isle of View' (1995) live acoustic concert:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=LWg2b9AWy—I
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Isle_of_View
The concert held at London's Jacob Street Studios was accompanied by the Duke Quartet.
AUTHOR:
Tab annotated by Richard Grosser (grosserr@gmail.com)
This corrects some structural, musical inconsistencies in previous listings and
includes a complete lyric transcription.
TUNING:
Standard Tuning.
A =========== 002220
G =========== 320003
D =========== XX0323
Em =========== 022000
F =========== 133211
C =========== 033210
Dm =========== XX0232
Cm =========== 335543
Intro Riff (Refrain):
A G D Em
A G D Em
A G D Em
Verse 1:
A G D Em
I see him standing silhouetted in the lamp light,
A G D Em
I cross the street and I quicken my pace.
A G D Em
He cups his hands and he lights a cigarette,
A G Em F G
I find myself in the bones of his face. Ah, ha.
Chorus:
C G Dm
It's just the night in my veins,
Em F
Oh, oh... making me crawl in the dust again.
C G Dm G
It's just the night under my skin, slipping it in.
Verse 2:
G F G C Am G
He's got his hands in my hair and his lips everywhere, Oh yeah,
F G C Am
It feels good, it's alright.
G F G C Am
Even if it's just the night in my veins.
Middle Riff (Repeat):
A G D Em ...Oh, oh!
A G D Em
A G D Em
Verse 3:
A G D Em
He's got me up against the back of a pickup truck,
A G D Em
Out of sight of the neon glare.
A G D Em
We might as well be on a beach under the moonlight,
A G Em F G
Love's language reads the same anywhere, ah, ha ...yeah.
Chorus (Repeat):
C G Dm
It's just the night in my veins,
Em F
Oh, ow making me crawl in the dust again.
C G Dm G
It's just the night under my skin, slipping it in.
Verse 4:
G F G C Am G
He's got his chest on my back across a new Cadillac, ...Oh yeah,
F G C Am
It feels good, it's alright,
G F G C Am
Even if it's just the night in my veins,
G F G C Am
Even if it's just the night in my veins.
Middle Riff (Repeat with Solo):
A G D Em
A G D Em
A G D Em (long sustain)
Verse 5:
G F G C Am G
I've got my head on the curb and I can't produce a word, ...Oh yeah,
F G C Am
It feels good, ... so right.
G F G C Am
Even if it's just the night in my veins,
F G C Am
Oh yeah, it feels good, ... so right,...baby
G F G C Am
Even if it's just the night in my veins.
Refrain:
G F G C Am
Even if it's just the night in my veins.
G F G C Am
Even if it's just the night in my veins. (Go!)
Middle Riff (Repeat with Lead):
A G D Em
A G D Em
A G D Em
Outro:
G F G C Am
It feels good, ... so right
G F G C Am
Even if it's just the night in my veins.
G F G C Am
Even if it's just the night in my veins.
(Ok, Last Time!)
G F G C Am
Even if it's just the night in my veins.
(Thank You. Good Night!)
(End)
FOOTNOTES:
1. This video from 1995 is also worth reviewing as Chrissie mimes the the key song
elements. It's very tongue—in—cheek:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=D0p87Z3LsO4
2. A review of 'The Pretenders Greatest Hits' (2000):
http://www.answers.com/topic/greatest—hits—rock—album—280