The Association

The Association - On A Quiet Night guitar tab

"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

---7-----7-----7-|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7---

-----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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-------------9\--

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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

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