In The Heat Of The Night (Diatonic)
by A&M Bergman/Jones · posted by harmusman
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- bbb 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.
4 4 5 6~~~~ -6 4 5 5~~~~
In the heat--- of the//night--- /
3 -3’ 4 5 -4 5 -4 4 -3’
Seems like a cold sweat creep-in’ cross my/
-3’3-3 4~~~ 4 4 -6 6~~~ 5 -3’ -4 4~~~~
Brow-- /In the heat-- of the/night---/
4 5 -5 6 -5 5 4 -3’3-3’4~~~
I’m feel-ing moth-er-less some/how--- /
-6 6 -6 6 -5 5 -4~~ -4 4 -4
Stars—with e-vil/eyes--- stare from the/
-3 -3’3~~~-3’ 4 -3’ 4
Skies--- all mean and/bright/
3 3 -3’ -3’-3’ 3
(in the heat of the/night)/
4 4 -6 6~~ 5 -3’ -4 4~~~
ain’t a wo-man yet been/born---/
4 5 -5 6 -5 5 4 -3’ 3-3’4~~
knows how to make the morn-in’/come--- /
-6 -6~~~~~ 6 -6 6 -5 5-4~~~-4-4 -4 4 -4
so hard---- to keep con-/trol--- when I’d sell my/
-3-3’3~~~~ -3’ 4 -3’ 4 -3’
soul--- for just a lit-tle/
4 3 3 -3’ -3’-3’ 3
light (in the heat of the/night)
4 4 5 6~~~ -6 4 5 5~~~~
in the heat--- of the/night---/
-3 -3’ 4 5 -4~~~ 4 -3’ 4-3’3~~
when I got trou-ble- wall to/wall---/
4 4 -6 6~~~ 5 -3’ -4 4~~~~
I re-peat--- in the/night---/
4 5 -5 6 -5 5 4 -3’3-3’4~~~
must be an end-in’to it/all---- /
-6 -6~~~ 6 -6 6 -5 5-4~~ -4 4 -4
hold on--- it won’t be/long--- just you be/
-3 -33~~~~ 3 -3’ 3 4 4 4~~~~~~~~~~
strong--- and it-‘ll be all right-/--
3 3 -3’ 4 -3’ 4~~~~~~~~~
(in the heat of the/night-------/)
Yours Harmusman Diatonic