In the Heat of the Night Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][F][G][E][Em][G][Am][F]
[G][Em][E][C]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
Steely eye[F]s of a silvery p[G]eople
Walk behind [Em]me, [E]with evi[C]l intent[Am].
Up to the [F]tower, I stand [G]alone
Stripped of rank be[Em]fore
[E]a throne [F]I am sent.

[Verse 2]
What befall[Dm]s us in[D] the
[Dm]heat of [Am]the [G]night?
[F]What befalls us [Dm]in the heat [D]of the night?

[Interlude 1]
[Am][G][F][C]
[Am][F][G][Em][G][Am][F][G][E][Em]
[G][Am]

[Verse 3]
Before [F]long, behind [G]adamantine doors,
I [Am]taste of [Em]the wine of their [C]joy.[Am]
Through deli[F]rium of a tortured [G]mind
[Am]Her face gave me [E]strength
to this [Em]day.[F]

[Verse 4]
What [Dm]befalls us in the heat
of [Am]the n[G]ight?[F]
What befalls [Dm]us in[D] the
[Am]heat of [G]the night?[F]
[Dm]In the heat of t[Am]he night

[Interlude 2]
[F][G][Em][G][Am][F][Am][G][Em][Am]
[F][G][Am][Em][E][Em][G][Am]
[F][Am][Em][Am][F][Dm][Em][E]
[Am][F][Dm][E][Em][Am][G#][Am]
[F][G][Esus4][Em][G]

[Verse 5]
[Am]But [F]love[G][Am][E][Em][G][Am]
[F]deceived me, and in my [G]despair
[Am]I reca[E]lled the ring once again[Em][C][Am]
Born of Sor[F]row my cunning revives [G]me,
And I took them [E]with me enchained

[Verse 6]
[F]What befalls u[Dm]s in the
heat of [Am]the night?[G][F]
What be[Dm]falls [D]us in the
[Am]heat of [G]the night?[F]
[Dm]In the heat of t[F]he night

[Outro 1]
[Am][F][Dm][Am][F][Am][F][Dm][Am][F]
[Am][F][Dm][Am]
[G][Am][F][Dm][Am][Dm][Am][E][Am][F]
[Dm][Am][F][Am][E][Am][F][Am]
[Am]