Laura Marling - Night After Night Chords & Tabs

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Tuning: Open D Minor (DADFAD)

   Dm                       Bb
D|-----0---7-------0---7-------0---8-------0---8---|
A|-----8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8---|
F|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-----------0-----------8-----------8-----------|

   A
D|-----0---0-------8---8-------7---7-------7---7---|
A|-----7---7-------7---7-------0---0-------0---0---|
F|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------|

Dm  Bb  A (x2)

Dm
Darling, I loved you
  Bb
I long to become you
    A
And know what it is that you gave
Dm
We dance the sorrow
   Bb
Forgive me tomorrow

   F                       Gm
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-----3---3-------3---3-------5---5-------5---5---|
F|-----4---4-------4---4-------5---5-------5---5---|
D|---3---3---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-----------3-----------5-----------5-----------|

      F            Gm                  F
I pray night after night and day after day
                        Gm
Would you watch my body weaken
                  Dm
My mind drift away

  Dm(end chorus)
D|-----------------0---0-------3---3///7---7---7---|
A|-----0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0---|
F|-----0---0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
D|---0---0---0-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|

Dm  Bb  A

Dm                  Bb                    A
Dear lover forsaken, our love is taken away
Dm                   Bb
You were my speaker, my innocence-keeper
  F                 Gm               F
I don't night after night, day after day
                        Gm
Would you watch my body weaken
               Dm(end chorus)
My mind drift away

Dm    Bb    A

Dm                  Bb                        A
Dear lover forgiven, my love is driven by rage
Dm                          Bb
Oh I should just leave you, instead of deceive you
      F                  Gm               F
But I don't, night after night, day after day
                        Gm
Would you watch my body weaken
                 Dm(end chorus)
My mind drift away
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/laura_marling/night_after_night_tab.html ]
Dm                      Bb
I count to no one, hold nobody's ear
  A
I showed you my hand once and you hit me in fear
        Dm
I don't stand for the devil
        Bb
I don't whisper in ears
  F                          Gm             F    Gm
I stand on the mountains and call people to hear

  Dm(interlude)           Dm/F	                  Dm*
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----0---0-------0---0-----------------------------------------------------|
F|----0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-----|
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0-----0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-----|
A|--------------------------1---1---1---1---1---1---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
D|0-----------0-----------3-----------3-----------0-----------0-----------0-|

Dm(interlude) (x2)

Dm/F                         Dm*                  Dm/F
It's a sudden burst of light, it's a fate foretold
      Dm*            Dm/F     Dm*
It is knowing, it is knowing

Dm    Bb    A

   Dm                        Bb
He longs for the answers, as all of us must
   A
He longs for the woman who will conquer his lust
   Dm                      Bb
He screams in the night, I scream in the day
   A
We weep in the evening and lie naked and pray

F           Gm               F
Night after night, day after day
            Gm               F
Night after night, day after day
            Gm               F
Night after night, day after day
                        Gm
Would you watch my body weaken,
                  Dm(end chorus)
My mind drift away

Dm/F                     Dm*
It's a tempting communion
                Dm/F
It's a fate foretold
      Dm*            Dm/F
It is knowing, it is knowing

   (Ad lib a little)
D|---------0---------0-----------2------------0---|
A|-------2---------2---2-------2---2-------2------|
F|-----1---------1-------1---1-------1---1--------|
D|---0---------0-----------0-----------0----------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|-0----------------------------------------------|

What it is that you're told

 (Strum freely)
D|-4--------5---------|
A|-0--------0---------|
F|-4--------5---------|
D|-0--------0---------|
A|-0--------0---------|
D|-0--------0---------|

  Outro
D|----7-7-7---0---0--------7-7-7---0-----0------7-7-7---0-------------|
A|---5------5-------------5------5-------------5------5----------0----|
F|--7-----------7-----7--6-----------6-----6--5-------------5---------|
D|-0--------------------0--------------------0------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-0h2h3-3p2-----------2-3p2------------------|
A|-----------0-------0-------0-------0--------|
F|-------------0---0-----------0---2----------|
D|---------------2---------------0------------|
A|---------------------------------------0----|
D|------------------------------------------0-|