Fool in the Night
A typical recent Chapman song. Gentle riff that grabs
you and won't let go. First recorded as solo acoustic on
Still Making Rain in 1993, another version in 1997 on the
excellent Dreaming Out Loud, this time with an aching
electric solo at the end.
What I've called D/E below is actually a C shape moved up
two frets to give a smashing suspension [5 5 4 0 3 0]
The Em/F# [0 2 4 0 0 0] is essential in the riff but
I tend to use it in place of the standard Em as the
fancy takes me.
Intro riff
Em/
Cmj7+ + + D/E + + + F# + + +
e :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G :--------0--------|-----------------|------------0----|
D :----2------------|--------4--------|--------4--------|
A :--3--------------|----5------------|----2------------|
E :3----------------|5----------------|0----------------|
Repeat that a few times then hit the verse. Use the riff
either picked or strummed at any point you feel like it!
G D Em G D Em
I could lie here for hours, just watching you sleep
G D Em Cmaj7 D/E Em
But I've got too many memories I can't afford to keep
\{riff picked\}
C D/E Em
G D Em G D Em
I could share a silence with you, till I got scared of what you might say
G D Em Cmaj7 D/E Em
The very thing I held so dear you went and gave it away
Cmaj7 D/E Em
To some fool in the night
Cmaj7 D/E Em
G D Em G D Em
Maybe I was flying high, perhaps you thought I needed a fall
G D Em Cmaj7 D/E Em
What I needed was already mine until you went and gave it all
Cmaj7 D/E Em
To some fool in the night
G D Em G D Em
I was two hundred miles away, what was I thinking of
G D Em Cmaj7 D/E Em
Was I just make believe while you were making love
Cmaj7 D/E Em
To your fool in the night
G D Em G D Em
I could lie here for hours, just watching you sleep
G D Em Cmaj7 D/E Em
But I've got too many memories I can't afford to keep
Cmaj7 D/E Em
Of your fool in the night
Cmaj7 D/E Em
your fool in the night
Cmaj7 D/E Em
I want be your fool in the night
Cmaj7 D/E Em
Please let me be your fool in the night