In The Still Of The Night Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Do -do -do,
[Gm]do -[G]do -[C]do[Gm][G][Gm]
My mama done [G]told me,
when I was a new hag
My mama done told me, [Dm]son
[D]A woman a s[C]weet talk, and give you the big eye, b[G]ut when the sweet talking's done,
[Em]a wo[D]man's a two -faced, a wearisom[C]e thing who leave you to sing th[G]e blues in the n[Em]ight[G].[C]
[G]Now the rain's a -fallin' [C]here,
the train's a -callin', [G]hoo -wee
[Dm]My m[G]omma done told me
[C]Hear [Bbdim]that lonesome whis[C]tle blow
[Bbdim]in' cross[C] the trest[Gm]le, hoo -wee[G]
[Em]My m[G]omma done told[F#] me
[C]A -[D]hoo[Bb] -wee, a -hoo[D] -wee[E]
[D]Oh, [Bb]clickety [C]-clack, oh,
echoing [G]back to blues
[Em]L -L[G] -I
[C]The evening breeze will stop
the [Adim]trees from crying
[D]And the [Daug]moon wil[Bb]l hide its lig[Bbdim]ht
[Fm]When you [E]get the blues [D]in [A]the nig[D]ht
Take [C]my word, [Adim]the mockingbird will [D]sing
the [Daug]sad dest[Bb] kind of son[Bbm]g
[Bbdim]He knows [Fm]things are [E]wrong,[Edim]
[A]and he's [D]wrong
Do -do [G]-do [Gm]-do -do -[G]do -[Dm]do
[G]-do -do -do -do[Gm] -do -do
[C]From
Nassau to
[B]Mobile, [Em]from[G]
[D]Memphis to
[C]St.
[Em]Jude, [G]wherever the [C]four [Em]wind[G]s blow.
I've [C]been here some [Bb]big [C]time, and heard me some big talk,
[G]but [F]there is [G]one thing [D]I k[G]now.
[Em]A wo[D]man's a doofus[Abdim],
[C]a wearisome thing who'll leave you to sin[D]g the blu[G]es in the nig[C]ht.
[G]Do -do -do -do -do -do -do -do
-do -do -do -do -do -do -do -do