Nights in White Satin was written by Justin Hayward at the age of 19. It was inspired after receiving a gift of white satin from his girlfriend. The song was one of the first to be recorded by The Moody Blues with the London Festival Orchestra, marking the bands transition to a more symphonic sound, starting with the album Days of Future Passed in 1967.
Key: Em
Introduction:
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Nights in white satin, never reaching the end,
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Letters I've written, never meaning to send.
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Beauty I've always missed, with these eyes before,
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Just what the truth is, I can't say any more
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'Cos I love you, yes I love you, oh, how I love you.
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Gazing at people, some hand in hand,
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Just what I'm going through, they can't understand.
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Some try to tell me, thoughts they cannot defend,
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Just what you want to be, you'll be in the end.
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And I love you, yes I love you, oh, how I love you.
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B7
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B7
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B7
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Nights in white satin, never reaching the end,
C
G
F
Em
Letters I've written, never meaning to send.
Em
D
Em
D
Beauty I've always missed, with these eyes before,
C
G
F
Em
Just what the truth is, I can't say any more
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C
Em
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Em
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Em
'Cos I love you, yes I love you, oh, how I love you.
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'Cos I love you, yes I love you, oh, how I love you.