Nights In White Satin The Moody Blues backing track and tabs

Tunning: Nashville (E A D G B E)

[Verse]

Em D Em D
Nights in white satin never reaching the end
C G F Em
Letters I've written never meaning to send
Em D Em D
Beauty I'd always missed with these eyes before
C G F Em
Just what the truth is I can't say anymore

[Chorus]

A C
Cause I love you, yes I love you
Em D Em D
Ohhh how I love you

[Verse]

Gazing at people, some hand in hand
Just what I'm going through they can't understand
Some try to tell me thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be, you'll be in the end

[Chorus] x2

A C
Cause I love you, yes I love you
Em D Em D
Ohhh how I love you

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Nights In White Satin
Moody Blues

Slow strum in 3 time:

[Verse]

Am G Am G
Nights in white satin, never reaching the end.
F C Bb Am
Letters I've written, never meaning to send.
Am G Am G
Beauty I've always missed, with these eyes before.
F C Bb Am
Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore. But I ...

[Chorus]

D D F F
Love you. Yes, I love you. Oh how I
Am G Am G
Love you......

[Solo, see below]

[Verse]

Gazing at people, some hand in hand.
Just what I'm going through they can't understand.
Some try to tell me thoughts they cannot defend.
Just what you want to be, you'll be in the end.

[Chorus] x2

D D F F
Love you. Yes, I love you. Oh how I
Am G Am G
Love you......

[Solo]

Am G
E|------|-------------7--8--|-7--------------7--|
B|------|-10----------------|----10-8-----10----|
G|---9--|-------------------|-------------------|
D|------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|------|-------------------|-------------------|
. . . .

F E
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-10-8--------8--10-|-9-----------------|
G|-------10----------|----------9-----9--|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
. . . .

Am G
E|-------------7--8--|-10-8--7-----8--10-|
B|-10----------------|-------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
. . . .

F E
E|-8--7--------7--8--|-7-----------------|
B|-------10----------|-------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
. . . .

Am F
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-9--------------9--|-7-----------------|
D|-------------------|----10-7-----7--10-|
A|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
. . . .

Am F
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-9--------------9--|-7-----------------|
D|-------------------|----10-7-----7--10-|
A|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
. . . .

E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-7-----------9--10-|-9-----------9-----|
D|-------------------|----------------10-|
A|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
. . . .

E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-7-----------9--10-|-9-----------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
. . . .

Am G Am

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I arranged the song in Am using barre chords to match the
original chord centers:

Am: 577555
G: 355433
F: 133211
C: 332010
Bb: x13331 or 688766

While NIWS is generally played with a strum (on solo
guitar) to imitate the original sleepy sound of the Melotron,
the song can be rearranged slightly for a more delicate sound
using arpegiated chords:

Am (barre 5):
E||---------------------------|--|
B||-------5-----------5-------|--|
G||-----5---5-------5---5-----|--|
D||---7-------7---7-------7---|--| etc, etc
A||-------------7-------------|--|
E||-5-------------------------|--|

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

By Frankyz84
This is my version of that beautiful song, by the Moody Blues.

NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN
Moody Blues
Em D Em D
Nights in white satin never reaching the end
C G F Em
Letters I've written never meaning to send
Em D Em D
Beauty I'd always missed with these eyes before
C G F Em
Just what the truth is I can't say anymore
CHORUS
A C
Cause I love you, yes I love you
Em D Em D
Ohhh how I love you

Gazing at people, some hand in hand
Just what I'm going through they can't understand
Some try to tell me thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be, you'll be in the end
CHORUS
Solo:
|Em |D |C |B7 |Em |D |C |B7 |Em |C |Em |C |

|Am |B7 |Am |B7 |Em |D |C |Em |

e|---|------2--3--2----------|-2-------------------------2--3--5--3-|
b|---|-5--5----------5--3--5-|---5--3-----3--5--4---5--5------------|
G|-4-|-----------------------|---------5----------4-----------------|
D|---|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|---|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|---|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|

e|-2--3--5--3--2--2--3--2--7-|-7--6--5--3---3--7--7--6--5-|-3---3--5--5--7--8-|
b|--------------5------------|------------5---------------|---5---------------|
G|---------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------|
D|---------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------|
A|---------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------|

e|-7--5--5--7--8--7--12--12--12--10--12-|
b|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN
As recorded by The Moody Blues
(From the 1967 Album DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED)

Words and Music by Justin Hayward
Transcribed by Steven Vercauteren

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

Intro
Moderately Q=Slower Q.=48
Em D/F#
4/4 6/8
Gtr I
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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