Artist: The Pretenders with Chrissie Hynde Song: Night In My Veins Album/ DVD: Isle of View Version: - by The Pretenders (Hynde) as sung by The Pretenders http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrissie_Hynde on 'Isle of View' (1995) live acoustic concert: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=LWg2b9AWy-I http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Isle_of_View The concert held at London's Jacob Street Studios was accompanied by the Duke Quartet. AUTHOR: Tab annotated by Richard Grosser (grosserr@gmail.com) This corrects some structural, musical inconsistencies in previous listings and includes a complete lyric transcription. TUNING: Standard Tuning. A =========== 002220 G =========== 320003 D =========== XX0323 Em =========== 022000 F =========== 133211 C =========== 033210 Dm =========== XX0232 Cm =========== 335543 Intro Riff (Refrain): A G D Em A G D Em A G D Em Verse 1: A G D Em I see him standing silhouetted in the lamp light, A G D Em I cross the street and I quicken my pace. A G D Em He cups his hands and he lights a cigarette, A G Em F G I find myself in the bones of his face. Ah, ha. Chorus: C G Dm It's just the night in my veins, Em F Oh, oh... making me crawl in the dust again. C G Dm G It's just the night under my skin, slipping it in. Verse 2: G F G C Am G He's got his hands in my hair and his lips everywhere, Oh yeah, F G C Am It feels good, it's alright. G F G C Am Even if it's just the night in my veins. Middle Riff (Repeat): A G D Em ...Oh, oh! A G D Em A G D Em Verse 3: A G D Em He's got me up against the back of a pickup truck, A G D Em Out of sight of the neon glare. A G D Em We might as well be on a beach under the moonlight, A G Em F G Love's language reads the same anywhere, ah, ha ...yeah. Chorus (Repeat): C G Dm It's just the night in my veins, Em F Oh, ow making me crawl in the dust again. C G Dm G It's just the night under my skin, slipping it in. Verse 4: G F G C Am G He's got his chest on my back across a new Cadillac, ...Oh yeah, F G C Am It feels good, it's alright, G F G C Am Even if it's just the night in my veins, G F G C Am Even if it's just the night in my veins. Middle Riff (Repeat with Solo): A G D Em A G D Em A G D Em (long sustain) Verse 5: G F G C Am G I've got my head on the curb and I can't produce a word, ...Oh yeah, F G C Am It feels good, ... so right. G F G C Am Even if it's just the night in my veins, F G C Am Oh yeah, it feels good, ... so right,...baby G F G C Am Even if it's just the night in my veins. Refrain: G F G C Am Even if it's just the night in my veins. G F G C Am Even if it's just the night in my veins. (Go!) Middle Riff (Repeat with Lead): A G D Em A G D Em A G D Em Outro: G F G C Am It feels good, ... so right G F G C Am Even if it's just the night in my veins. G F G C Am Even if it's just the night in my veins. (Ok, Last Time!) G F G C Am Even if it's just the night in my veins. (Thank You. Good Night!) (End) FOOTNOTES: 1. This video from 1995 is also worth reviewing as Chrissie mimes the the key song elements. It's very tongue-in-cheek: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=D0p87Z3LsO4 2. A review of 'The Pretenders Greatest Hits' (2000): http://www.answers.com/topic/greatest-hits-rock-album-280