Verse 1BM7AM7
Yeah, this was your city
DM7AM7DM7AM7
You did it all and more, broke every law except for one, babe
BM7AM7
Attraction, are you ready
DM7
I know you feel it
AM7DM7AM7
Pull you nearer 'til you feel it again, oh
BridgeBM7
I wanna do something right
AM7
But we can do something better
DM7AM7
Ain't no time like tonight
DM7AM7
And we ain't trying to save it 'til later
BM7
Stay out here living the life
AM7
Nobody cares who we are tomorrow
DM7AM7
You got that lil' something I like
DM7AM7A little something I've been wanting to borrow
GM7AM7 Bminor7
Tonight's the night, come on surrender
AM7BBM7
I won't lead your love astray, astray, yeah
GM7AM7
Your love's a weapon
Bminor7 AM7
Give your body some direction
BM7
That's my aim
Then, we could
AFmEChorusAM7BM7
Take back the night
BM7
Come on, use me up until there's nothing left
DM7
Take back the night
AM7DM7AM7
Dizzy, spinning, sweating, you can't catch your breath
BM7
Take back the night
BM7
Ooh, don't know when the sun is rising next
DM7
Take back the night
AM7DM7AM7
So if the feeling's right, then raise your glass and let's
BM7
Take back the night, take back the night
DM7AM7DM7AM7
They gon try to shut us down, I'll be damned if we gon let them
BM7
Take back the night, take back the night
DM7AM7DM7AM7
You know you gon mess around and find out there ain't no one better
BM7
Take back the night, oh
DM7AM7DM7AM7
Yeah
[Second Verse, same as the first]
Rare, there's not too many
No one but you and crowded rooms, we can do anything (yeah)
Attraction can drive you crazy
The way you move, you go crazy, that’s incentive for me
BridgeChorus
[Break it down!]
AM7BM7AM7BM7
And the horns say, alright
GM7AM7GM7AM7
And the horns say, alright
[REPEAT PREVIOUS CHORDS]
Uh, ooh, and the horns say, alright
And the horns say
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Take it over
[NOW GO BACK TO Chorus PROGRESSION: BM7AM7DM7AM7DM7 AM7]
Yeah, yeah
Y'all ready to have a good time out there, ladies and gentlemen?
Take back the night, take back the night...
[Repeat Chorus
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.