One of my personal favourites, “Music of the Night” is from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s popular stage show and film Phantom of the Opera. It’s a great practice piece for beginners and intermediates on most instruments – I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I do! 🙂
A – C G – C
Nighttime sharpens,
F – G A Bb-G-^C
Heightens each sensation
A – C G
Darkness stirs
C F G-A-Bb-G-^C
And wakes imagination
^D-^F-^F ^F ^G-^F
Silently the senses
^D-^D-^F ^F ^F-^G-^F
Abandon their defenses
^D-^F ^F ^F-^G
Helpless to resist
^F ^D A ^C
The notes I write
A G-G
I compose
A Bb-^C A G F
The music of the night…
A – C G-C
Slowly, gently,
F G-A Bb G-^C
Night unfurls its splendor
A C G C
Grasp it, sense it,
F-G-A Bb G-^C
Tremulous and tender
^D ^F ^F ^F-^G
Turn your face away
^F ^E ^D-^F ^F ^F ^G
From the garish light of day
^F ^E ^D ^F-^F
Turn your face away
^F ^G ^F-^D-A ^C
From cold, unfeeling light
A A-G G
And listen to
A Bb-^C A G F
The music of the night…
A ^C ^G ^F ^D#-^D-^C
Close your eyes and surrender
Bb ^C ^C-Bb G#
To your darkest dreams
^C ^D# ^G#
Leave all thoughts
^G ^F ^F ^D# ^D# ^D-^D
Of the world you knew before
^G ^G ^G
Close your eyes,
^F ^E ^D-^C ^D ^C *C
Let your spirit start to soar…
^E ^E ^E
And you’ll live
^E ^E ^E-^D ^E ^F-^E
As you’ve never lived before…
A-C G-C
Softly, deftly,
F-G A Bb-G ^C
Music shall caress you
A C G C
Hear it, feel it,
F-G-A Bb-G ^C
Secretly possess you…
^D-^F ^F ^F ^G
Open up your mind,
^F ^E ^D-^F-^F ^F-^G
Let your fantasies unwind
^F ^E ^D-^F
In this darkness
^F ^F ^G ^F ^D-A ^C
Which you know you cannot fight
A A-G G
The darkness of
A Bb-^C A G F
The music of the night
^F ^F ^G ^F ^D# ^D-^C
Let your mind start a journey
Bb ^C ^C Bb G#
Through a strange, new world
^C ^D# ^G#
Leave all thoughts
^G ^F ^F ^D# ^D# ^D-^D
Of the world you knew before
^G ^G ^G ^F ^E
Let your soul take you
^D ^C ^D ^C ^C
Where you long to be…
^E-^E ^E
Only then
^E ^E ^D-^E ^F ^E
Can you belong to me…
A – C G-C
Floating, falling,
F G-A-Bb-G-^C
Sweet intoxication
A C G C
Touch me, trust me,
F-G A Bb-G-^C
Savor each sensation
^D ^F ^F ^F-^G
Let the dream begin,
^F ^E ^D-^F ^F ^F ^G
Let your darker side give in
^F ^E ^D-^F-^F
To the harmony
^F ^G ^F-^D A ^C
Which dreams alone can write
A A-G G
The power of
A Bb-^C A G F
The music of the night
^D ^F-^F
You alone
^F ^G ^F ^D A ^C
Can make my song take flight
A G G
Help me make
A Bb-^C A G ^F
The music of the night!