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From: Dave Mosley
Subject: TAB: Still of the night - Whitesnake
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 95 09:11:00 PDT
Played with lots o' fuzz and a touch of chorus.
~~ = let the chord (or note) ring.
Still of the Night
Whitesnake
Geffen M2G 24099 1987
Intro
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Pick scrape (pinched)
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In the still of the night I hear the wolf howl honey, sniffin around your
door
In the still of the night I feel my heart beating heavy, tellin me I gotta
have more
2x
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In the shadow of night I see the full moon rise, telling me what's in store
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My heart starts aching, my body starts shaking, and I can't take no more
2x
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2x
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A
I just wanna get close to you, and taste your love so sweet
B A G F~~
And I just wanna make love to you, and feel your body heat
2x
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In the still of the night
2x
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Second verse, same as the first (gee, I've always wanted to say that).
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In the still of the night in the cool moonlight
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I feel my heart is aching In the still of the night
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Then it gets slow, and I get bored. Before the next verse,
he farts around sliding some major chords, kinda like this:
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|---9---7----12----7----5----8-----------------------------
|---9---7----12----7----5----8-----------------------------
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