DC#mBmAG
Some old hotel room in Memphis
BmAG
I see the city through the rain
BmAGD/F#
I'm just chasing me my time
EmA
And remembering some pain
BmAG
See there once was a boy
BmAG
And on the street he'd surely die
BmAGD/F#
So the nightbird took him in
EmA
And she taught him how to fly
AG
See the nightbird softly fly
D
Why does she fly alone?
ECG
Is the moonlight just a flame for her memory?
DC#m
Now she's gone
BmAG
Two bit bars and honky tonks
BmAG
Any pleasure can be found
BmAGD/F#
You can get just what you want
EmA
If you lay your money down
BmAG
And loney sailors do their drinking
BmAG
My, my, my how the brave men do die
BmAGD/F#
And the nightbird sells her pleasures
EmA
Bringing tears to my eyes
AG
See the nightbird softly fly
D
Why does she fly alone?
ECG
Is the moonlight just a flame for her memory?
DC#m
Now she's gone
BmAG
So I guess I'll go out walking
BmAG
Lord, let the rain keep falling down
BmAGD/F#
I guess I'll go chase some memories
EmA
On the dark side of town
AG
See the nightbird softly fly
D
Why does she fly alone?
ECG
Is the moonlight just a flame for her memory?
DC#m
Now she's gone
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.