Talking Back To The Night Chords by Steve Winwood

[Start]

[Intro]
Gm7 Eb Gm Gsus4 Ebmaj7 Eb
■   ■  ■  ■     ■      ■ 


[Verse]
     Gm7            Gm Eb                      Gm    
High above the heat ■  ■  of a summer New York street
Eb    Gm7       Gm       Gm7 Ebmaj7 Eb           Gm       
■  An outofwork musician ■   ■      plays a solo saxophone


[Chorus]
Dsus4                              
■     He's a preacher and a teacher
Cm7                      Gm7  
■   And he stands up all alone
Ebmaj7 Eb Gm7                  Ebmaj7                    Gm7 
■      ■  Stranded in the dark ■      of a vision in the park


[Verse]
Ebmaj7 Eb   Gm                  Eb Ebmaj7   Eb   Cm7     Gm   Gm7
■      ■  A poet in his madness ■  tries to find another line ■  
Dsus4                                Cm7
■     And he's losing and he's using ■  
       C7              Gm7 
And he says he's doing fine


[Chorus]
Ebmaj7 Dm7     C                           
■      ■   And they look from such a height
Eb                    C    
That somehow it's all right
                            Dm   
They're talking back to the night
     Dm7           Dm  Gm7
It's all that they can do 
C                     Dm   
■ Talking back to the night
     Dsus4            Gm7    
It's how they make it through
F C        Bb                  Gm  
■ ■ If you listen you can hear them
      F                    Bb  
Their voices draw you near them
                D7                    Gm7
They're talking back to the night for you
Ebmaj7 Eb Gm                      Ebmaj7       Eb               Gm  
■      ■  Something seems to take ■      every dime the man can make


[Verse]
Ebmaj7 Eb           Gm         Gm7     Ebmaj7        Eb               Gm   Gm7
■      ■  His dream is getting smaller ■      and he wonders where to turn ■  
Dsus4                              Cm7
■     And he's trying hard to make it 
         C7            Gm7 
And he's trying not to burn


[Chorus]
Ebmaj7 Eb F     Gm          Eb                     F         Gm    
■      ■  Woman never minds ■  pulls the shade and draws the blinds


[Verse]
Ebmaj7 Eb           Gm         Gm7      Eb                         Gm  
■      ■  She takes him in the darkness ■  where the loneliest can feed
Dsus4                           Cm7
■     She gives him all she has to 
         C7              Gm7  
And it's no more than he needs
Eb Dm7     C                     Dm7    C
■  ■   And they look from such a height ■
     C                     
That somehow it's all right
                            Dm   
They're talking back to the night
     Am7               Gm7
It's all that they can do 
C                     Dm   
■ Talking back to the night
     Dsus4            Gm7    
It's how they make it through
F C        Bb                       Gm
■ ■ If you listen you can hear them ■ 
      F                        
Their voices draw you near them
Bb              D7                    Gm 
They're talking back to the night for you
Ebmaj7 Dm     C                           
■      ■  And they look from such a height
     C                     
That somehow it's all right
                    Dm   
Talking back to the night
Dm7                      
It's all that they can do
Gm7     Gsus4 C                   Dm   
They're ■     talking back to the night
     Dsus4            Gm7 Am7    
It's how they make it ■   through


[Chorus]
        Am7              
Talking back to the night
Dm      Dm7 Gsus4 C       Am7         Dm   
They're ■   ■     talking back to the night
Dm7 Dsus4 Gm7 Gsus4
■   ■     ■   ■    
Am7                 Dm   
Talking back to the night
Dm7 C Gsus4 C
■   ■ ■     ■
Am7                 Dm    Dsus4
Talking back to the night ■    
Gm7 C Am7                 Dm   
■   ■ Talking back to the night
Gm7 C Am7                 Dm   
■   ■ Talking back to the night
Dsus4 Dm Dm7 Gm7 Am7
■     ■  ■   ■   ■  
                    Dm    Dsus4 Dm7
Talking back to the night ■     ■  


[End]