Warren Haynes - Night Of A Thousand Stars

night of a thousand stars

written by : robert hunter
performed by : warren haynes/phil lesh & friends

B
full moon rising over alcatraz
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hangin’ there like a big topaz
B
ruling this night of a thousand stars
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with a back seat full of broken guitars
B
raised in chains by jehosaphat’s daughter
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served twenty years for walkin’ on the water
B
just out fishin’ for love in the rain
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from an easy chair in the passing lane
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if i had forgotten , i’d remember well
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the fruit and the tree from which it fell
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many long years rollin’ homeward bound
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goin’ hell – for – leather on this merry go round

chorus

E B A
night of a thousand stars
E B A
the sound of sweet guitars
B A
on this night ( on this night )
B A
on this night ( on this night )
B A
on this night ( on this night )
B E
on this night of a thousand stars

B
down in the laundry with my head in my hands
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doin’ whatsoever the lord commands
B
poppin’ the hood off a ford v8
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disguised with an out of state license plate
B
payin’ my taxes in whiskey and blood
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mixed in a barrel floating on the flood
B
doing my penance for a life of crime
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singing B minor masses in double time
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the tiger and the lion hanging on the wall
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between the head of a saint and a bocce ball
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i’ve been rebuked and i’ve been scorned
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but i can’t ever say that i haven’t been warned

[ chorus ]

bridge
E Bm A
i tried to serve you right
E Bm A – E
i tried to serve you well
E Bm A
it looked all right by morning light
Bm A
in hindsight – who can tell?

jam on chorus

B
flipping through the pages of my soul
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my heart rears up and swallows me whole
B
these were moments of my life
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since dissected with a thick blunt knife
B
if i could recapture one moment of truth
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from the firm foundation of a misspent youth
B
i’d fall like rain on this thirsty earth
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a testament of beauty and worth
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but if it don’t happen because it can’t
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i hope and pray this wish you grant
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from one man’s heart to a falling star
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we always remember who we are

jam on chorus

B
remember the night of a thousand stars
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when love swam naked in the reservoir
B
writing mad sonnets in the midnight park
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leaving tracks of tears for her watermark
B
drums of the jungle on the edge of night
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only you could see with your perfect sight
B
if you don’t remember you can be excused
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’cause it could never be reproduced

[ chorus ] + jam

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