Talking Back To The Night chords by Steve Winwood

SimplifiedEm · C · D · B · Bsus4 …

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C
D
B
Bsus4
Am
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Asus4
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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
Em 
High above  (C major)  (E minor) the heat
C 
Em 
C 
 (C major) of a summer New York street  (E minor)  (C major) 
D 
Em 
C 
An  (D major) out of  (E minor) work musician  (C major) plays
Em 
B 
a solo saxophone  (E minor)  (B major) 
Bsus4 
B 
Am 
 (Bsus4) He's a preacher and a teacher  (B major)  (A minor) 
A 
D 
And he stand (A major) s up  (D major) all alone
Em 
C 
 (E minor)  (C major) 

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Verse 2
Em 
C 
Stranded in  (E minor) the dark  (C major) of
Em 
C 
a vision in the park  (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
C 
A poet  (E minor) in  his madness  (C major) tries to
D 
Em 
B 
Bsus4 
find another  (D major) line  (E minor)  (B major)  (Bsus4) 
And he's losing and he's using
Bm 
Am 
A 
 (B minor)  (A minor) And  (A major) he says he's
D 
 (D major) doing fine
Em 
C 
 (E minor)  (C major) 

Verse 3
Bm 
 (B minor) 
A 
Bm 
Am 
And they  (A major) look from such  (B minor) a   height  (A minor) 
C 
 (C major) That somehow it's all right
A 
Bm 
 (A major) They're talking back to the night  (B minor) 
B 
A 
Em 
It's all that  (B major) they  (A major) can do  (E minor) 
A 
Bm 
 (A major) Talking back to the night  (B minor) 
B 
Em 
D 
A 
It's how they make  (B major) it through  (E minor)  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
Em 
If you listen you can hear  (D major) them  (E minor) 
D 
G 
Their voices  (D major) draw you near them  (G major) 
B 
They're talking  (B major) back to the night
for you
Em 
C 
 (E minor)  (C major) 

Verse 4
Em 
C 
Something  (E minor) seems to take  (C major) every
Em 
C 
dime the man can make  (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
C 
His dream is  (E minor) getting smaller  (C major) and he
Em 
B 
Bsus4 
wonders where to turn  (E minor)  (B major)  (Bsus4) 
B 
Bm 
And he's trying hard to  (B major) make  (B minor) it
Am 
A 
Em 
And  (A minor)  (A major) he's trying not to  (E minor) burn
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 5
D 
Em 
Wo (D major) man nev (E minor) er minds,
C 
D 
Em 
C 
 (C major) pulls the shade and draws the  (D major) blind (E minor) s    (C major) 
Em 
C 
She takes him  (E minor) in  the darkness  (C major) 
Em 
Bsus4 
where the loneliest can feed  (E minor)  (Bsus4) 
B 
Am 
She gives him all she has  (B major) to  (A minor) 
Asus4 
A 
D 
Em 
An (Asus4) d it's   no  (A major) more than he  (D major) need (E minor) s

Outro 1
Em 
C 
Bm 
A 
Bm 
C 
A 
Bm 
 (E minor)  (C major)  (B minor)  (A major)  (B minor)  (C major)  (A major)  (B minor) 
Bsus4 
A 
Em 
A 
Bm 
B 
A 
Em 
D 
A 
 (Bsus4)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (B minor)  (B major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (A major) 
G 
Em 
D 
G 
B 
Em 
C 
 (G major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (G major)  (B major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
Bm 
 (B minor) 
A 
B 
Bm 
C 
A 
Bm 
B 
Em 
 (A major)  (B major)  (B minor)  (C major)  (A major)  (B minor)  (B major)  (E minor) 
A 
Bm 
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Em 
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Bm 
Em 
 (A major)  (B minor)  (B major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (B minor)  (E minor) 
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Bm 
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A 
Bm 
A 
Em 
 (A major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (B minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (B minor)  (E minor)  (B minor)  (E minor) 
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 (B minor)  (E minor)  (B minor)  (E minor) 