ASSOCIATION - "On A Quiet Night" Tablature

"On A Quiet Night"
(P.F. Sloan)

Intro:

(harpsichord arr. for guitar):

A/B
v v v v v v v v v v v v
---7-----7-----7-|-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7---
-----10----10----|-10----10----10--|---10----10----10
-9-----9-----9---|---9-----9-----9-|-----9-----9-----
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------

Verse 1:

Emaj7 F#m7 Emaj7/G# Amaj7
On a quiet night
Gmaj7 Amaj7 Emaj7 Bsus4
You can hear the rustling of the leaves
Emaj7 F#m7 Emaj7/G# Amaj7
On a quiet night
Gmaj7 Amaj7 Emaj7 Bsus4
Distant voices carry softly in the breeze

Chorus 1:

C#m
And I'm inside my room
G#m
Captured in a moment's thought
Gmaj7 F#m7
Strumming on a chord from my guitar
A/B [N.C.; harpsichord as per intro]
Silently, silently (silently)
So silently (so silently)

Verse 2:

On a quiet night
Time hangs heavy in the air just like a cloud
I'm lying on my bed
Scratching my head, wondering what it's about

Chorus 2:

Are we all minstrels
Playing in a three-ring circus
Searching for a purpose that's not there
Silently, silently (silently)
So silently (so silently, so silently, so silently)

Bridge:

bass:
v v v v
-----------------
-------------9\--
-----------------
-----------------

D#7 G#m
Everybody's thinking
F# B
Gotta get ahead, gotta get ahead
D#7 G#m
Everybody's drinking
F# A
Hurrying, worrying, playing the game
G#m
All acting the same
B A G#m F#m
As I look out through my windowpane

Verse 3:

On a quiet night
The wind, it can play tricks on your ear
Like some unsolved mystery
We all guess at the ending, but nobody comes near

[repeat chorus 2]

Coda:

A/B (harpsichord, recorder, drums, backward tambourine to fade)


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers