In The Heat Of The Night (chromatic)
by A&M Bergman/Jones · posted by harmusman
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- −
- Draw note
- b or '
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- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
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- < or *
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In The Heat Of The Night
Key G 4/4
Recorded by Ray Charles, used in the
Film of the same name and was theme tune
for TV series.
3 3 -4 -5~~~ 6 3 -4 -4~~~~
In the heat--- of the //night--- /
-1 2 3 -3< -3 -3< -3 3 2
Seems like a cold sweat creep-in’ cross my/
2 -1 2 3 3 3 6 -5~~ -3< 2 -3 3~~~~
Brow-- /In the heat-- of the/night---/
3 -3< 4 4< 4 -4 3 2-1 2 3~~~
I’m feel-ing moth-er-less some/how--- /
6~~~~ -5 6 -5 5<-4-3~~~ -3 3 -3
Stars—with e-vil/eyes--- stare from the/
2< 2 -1~~~ 2 3 2 3
Skies--- all mean and/bright/
-1 -1 2 2 2 -1
(in the heat of the/night)/
3 3 6 -5~~ -3< 2 -3 3~~~
ain’t a wo-man_yet been/born---/
3 -3< 4 4< 4 -3< 3 2-1 2 3~~~
knows how to make the morn-in’/come--- /
6 6~~~~~ -5 6 -5 5<-4-3~~~ -3 -3 3 -3
so hard---- to keep con-/trol--- when I’d sell my/
2<2-1~~~ -1 2 3 2 3 2
soul--- for just a lit-tle/
3 -1 -1 2 2 2 -1
light (in the heat of the/night)
3 3 -4-5~~~~ 6 3 -4 -4~~~
in the heat--- of the/night---/
-1 2 3 -3< -3~~~ 3 2 3 2 -1~~~
when I got trou-ble- wall to/wall---/
3 3 6 -5~~~ 4< 2 -3 3~~~~
I re-peat--- in the/night---/
3 -3< -4< 4< -4< -3 3 2-1 2 3~~~
must be an end-in’ to it/all---- /
6 6~~~~ -5 6 -5 5<-5-3~~~ -3 3 -3
hold on--- it won’t be/long--- just you be/
-2 2 -1~~~ -1 2 -1 3 3 3~~~~~~~~
strong--- and it-‘ll be all right-/--
-1 -1 2 3 2 3~~~~~~~~~~~
(in the heat of the/night-------/)
Yours Harmusman