Because the Night Chords by 10,000 Maniacs

[Start]

[Verse]
Bm G A Bm Gmaj7 A Bm
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Gmaj7       Bm7              
Take me now baby here as I am
Gmaj7             D   Bm        
Hold me close try and understand
Gmaj7                   A    Bm7 G      
Desire is hunger is the fire I   breathe
                     A            
Love is a banquet on which we feed


[Chorus]
G       A       D   A         
Come on now try and understand
Bm      G                 A      
The way I feel under your command
D    G                  A       
Take my hand as the sun descends
C                      
They can't hurt you now
Bm             Gb    
Can't hurt you ■  now
Gb                
Can't hurt you now
Bm      G                    A     
Because the night belongs to lovers
Bm      G                    Bm
Because the night belongs to us
G                            A     
Because the night belongs to lovers
Bm      G         A            
Because the night belongs to us
Bm Gmaj7 A Bm Gmaj7 Bm7
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[Verse]
Gmaj7             A        Bm   
Have I doubt baby when I'm alone
Gmaj7                 A         Bm
Love is a ring on the telephone ■ 
G                A            Bm7 
Love is an angel disguised as lust
G                        A       Bm7  
Here in our bed 'til the morning comes


[Chorus]
G    A          D   A         
Come on now try and understand
Bm  G                     A      
The way I feel under your command
G                       A       
Take my hand as the sun descends
C                      
They can't hurt you now
Bm                
Can't hurt you now
Gb                
Can't hurt you now
Bm      G                    A     
Because the night belongs to lovers
Bm      G         A            
Because the night belongs to us
Bm      G                    A     
Because the night belongs to lovers
Bm      G                    Bm
Because the night belongs to us


[Inst]
G A D A Bm7 G A D
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G A Dsus4
■ ■ ■    


[Chorus]
D            A          D         A              Bm        A    
With love we sleep with doubt the vicious circle turns and burns
D       A            Bm   A           D        A      
Without you I cannot live forgive the yearning burning
  G       D           G            Bm          D           G       Gb 
I believe in love too real to feel take me now take me now take me now
Bm      G                    A     
Because the night belongs to lovers
Bm          G                Bm     
Because the night belongs to ■  lust
G                            A     
Because the night belongs to lovers
G                          A          Bm 
Saying anybody saving face belongs to her


[Outro]
G A Bm G Bm G A Bm
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G Bm Bm7 Bm G A Bm7 G
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Bm7 G A Bm
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