Key: D major
Verse 1
B
Along about dark thirty
and you feel real flirty
F#
And you wanna start a runnin' around
E
Well you put off your study,
F#
call your best school buddy
E
F#
B
Then proceed to paint up the town
You're told to be back at nine,
but you're havin' a time
F#
Then you come home as late as can be
E
Still you don't go to bed,
F#
E
you stay up instead
F#
Cause you gotta watch your little
B
TV
F#
Night owl, night owl,
C#
what you gonna do
When the teacher finally
F#
catches on to you?
Night owl, night owl,
C#
better study hard
There'll be no datin' when your
F#
daddy gets your report card
B
Oh well, you're up in a stew
because your homework's due
You didn't get your book reviewed
F#
E
You tell the teacher, man,
F#
that you didn't understand
E
F#
B
You'll get it in a day or two
F#
C#
Night owl, night owl, you've done it again
You didn't get to school
F#
until a half past ten
C#
Night owl, if you have a big weekend
You better tear up the note
F#
that your teacher sent
B
You got a promise from your mama
That the day will have to wait
F#
It looks like you'll never ever win
But you play it real cool
E
F#
B
You do better in school than the
F#
B
F#
E
F#
night owl flies again
A night of fives again
B
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB F# E C#
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