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Intro
(harpsichord arr. for guitar):
LA/SI
v v v v v v v v v v v v
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-9-----9-----9---|---9-----9-----9-|-----9-----9------|
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Verse 1:
MImaj7 FA#m7 MImaj7/SOL# LAmaj7
On a quiet night
SOLmaj7 LAmaj7 MImaj7 SIsus4
You can hear the rustling of the leaves
MImaj7 FA#m7 MImaj7/SOL# LAmaj7
On a quiet night
SOLmaj7 LAmaj7 MImaj7 SIsus4
Distant voices carry softly in the breeze
Chorus 1
DO#m
And I'm inside my room
SOL#m
Captured in a moment's thought
SOLmaj7 FA#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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MIb7 SOL#m
Everybody's thinking
FA# SI
Gotta get ahead, gotta get ahead
MIb7 SOL#m
Everybody's drinking
FA# LA
Hurrying, worrying, playing the game
SOL#m
All acting the same
SI LA SOL#m FA#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)
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