The Music Of The Night (from The Phantom Of The Opera)

(G)Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation;

darkness stirs and wakes imagination.

(C)Silently the senses abandon their defenses.

(C)Slow gent (G)night unfurls its splendor;

(C)grasp sense (G)tremulous and tender.

(F)Turn your face (C)away from the (F)garish light of (C)day,

turn your (F)thoughts away from cold,

unfeeling (C)light and (F)listen to the (G)music of the (C)night.

Close your (Bb)eyes and surrender to your (Eb)darkest dreams!

Purge your (Ab)thoughts of the life you knew (D7)before!

Close your (G)eyes, let your (G7)spirit start to (C)soar and you'll (B)live as you've never lived (E)before.

(C)Soft deft (G)music shall caress you.

(C)Hear it, (G)secretly possess you.

(F)Open up your (C)mind, let your (F)fantasies (C)unwind in this (F)darkness which you know you cannot (C)fight,

the (G7)darkness of the music of the (C)night.

Let your (Bb)mind start a journey through a (Eb)strange,

new world;

leave all (Ab)thoughts of the world you knew (D7)before.

Let your (G7)soul take you where you long to (C)be!

Only (B)then can you belong to (E)me.

(C)Floating, (G)falling, (C)sweet (G)intoxica

(C)Touch me, (G)trust me, (C)savor each (G)sensa

(F)Let the dream (C)begin, let your (F)darker side give (C)in to the (F)power of the music that I (C)write,

the (G7)power of the music of the (G)night.

(F)You alone can make my song take (C)flight,

(G7)help me make the music of the (C)night.