Wild Night Lyrics

Wild Night - Van Morrison
>From "Tupelo Honey"
Funky high part at beginning:
Em Em G (alternates w/G6)
Funky little bass line (just the basic structure, varies a lot):
As you brush your shoes
And stand before the mirror
And you comb your hair
And grab your coat and hat
And you walk, wet streets
Tryin' to remember
All the wild night breezes
In your mem'ry ever
And ev'rything looks so complete
When you're walkin' out on the street
And the wind catches your feet
And sends you flyin', cryin'
Oooooooooooooo - wee
The wild night is calling, alright
Oooooooooooooo - wee
The wild night is calling.
And all the girls walk by
Dressed up for each other
And the boys do the boobie-woogie
On the corner of the street
And the people passin' by
Just stare in wild wonder
And inside the juke-box
Roars out just like thunder.
Ooooh - wee
The wild night is calling
The wild night is calling
Come on out and dance
Come on out and make romance...
Roofing
John Fair (jfair @vt.edu)
Bob Gilchrist (rgilchri@vt.edu)
From: Harlan L Thompson
WILD NIGHT- Van Morrison
Em Em(VII) G G/C G G/C G G/C G (rpt)
Em Em(VII) G G/C G G/C G G/C G
Then you brush your shoes, smile before the mirror
Em Em(VII) G G/C G G/C G G/C G
And you comb your hair, grab your comb and laugh
Em Em(VII) G G/C G Em
And you walk west streets trying to remember
C D G G/C G G/C G (n.c.)
All the wild night breezes in your memory ever
CHORUS:
And everything looks so complete
When you're walking out on the street
And the wind catches your feet and sends you flying, crying
Dooo oooh wee, wild night is calling
Dooo oooh wee, wild night is calling
All the girls walk by, dressed up for each other
And the boys do the boogie woogie on the corner of the street
And the people passin' by stare in wide wonder
And the inside jukebox blows out just like thunder
BRIDGE:
The wi--------ld night is calling
The wi--------ld night is calling
Em Em(VII) G
I'm going out and dance, come on out and make romance
Come on out and dance, come on out, make romance (yes indeed)
SOLO (over first two lines of verse)
REPEAT BRIDGE
Em: 0 2 2 0 0 0 Em(VII): 7 7 9 9 8 7 G/C: 3 x 2 0 1 3
how one can use G and G/C to a rhythm much like a blues choogle.
(from Tupelo Honey, 1971)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)
Wild Night
by Van Morrison
I know this isn't really a guitar type song, but it sounds okay I think
(hey, think Cake & Gloria G)
As you brush your shoes
And stand before the mirror
And you comb your hair
And grab your coat and hat
And you walk, wet streets
Tryin' to remember
All the wild breezes
In your mem'ry ever.
And ev'rything looks so complete
When you're walkin' out on the street
And the wind catches your feet
And sends you flyin', cryin'
Ooh-wee!
The wild night is calling.
And all the girls walk by
Dressed up for each other
And the boys do the boogie-woogie
On the corner of the street
And the people passin' by
Just stare in wild wonder
And the inside juke-box
Roars out just like thunder.
And everything looks so complete...
The wild night is calling
The wild night is calling
Come on out and dance
Come on out and make romance....