Because The Night

Words & Music:

Patti Smith & Bruce Springsteen

Bm G A Bm G A Bm

Take me now, baby, here as I am. Pull me close; try and understand.

Desire is hunger, is the fire I breathe. Love is a banquet on which we feed.

Bm G D A Bm G D A

Come on now, try and understand the way I feel when I'm in your hand.

Bm G D A

Take my hand; calm undercover.

C Bm F#

They can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now.

CHORUS:

Bm G A Bm G A Bm

Because the night belongs to lovers. Because the night belongs to lust.

Because the night belongs to lovers. Because the night belongs to us.

Have I doubt when I'm alone? Love is a ring, the telephone.

Love is an angel disguised as lust. Here in our bed until the morning comes.

Come on now, try and understand the way I feel under your command.

Take my hand as the sun descends.

They can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now...

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BRIDGE:

D A D A Bm A

With love we sleep; with doubt the vicious circle turns & turns.

D A D A Bm A

Without you I cannot live, forgive, the yearning, burning.

G D G

I believe in time, too real to feel,

Bm D G F#

So, touch me now, touch me now, touch me now.

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