In The Heat Of The Night

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3  3  -4 -5~~~ 6  3    -4 -4~~~~ 
In the heat--- of the //night--- /
-1     2   3  -3<  -3    -3<  -3    3   2
Seems like a cold sweat creep-in’ cross my/
2 -1 2 3  3  3  6 -5~~ -3< 2  -3 3~~~~
Brow--  /In the heat-- of the/night---/
 3   -3<  4   4<  4   -4    3  2-1 2 3~~~
I’m feel-ing moth-er-less some/how---  /
 6~~~~ -5  6 -5  5<-4-3~~~ -3    3   -3
Stars—with e-vil/eyes---  stare from the/
2< 2 -1~~~ 2   3    2    3
Skies---  all mean and/bright/
 -1 -1   2   2   2   -1
(in the heat of the/night)/
  3   3 6 -5~~ -3<  2   -3 3~~~
ain’t a wo-man_yet been/born---/
  3   -3< 4   4<   4   -3<  3  2-1 2 3~~~
knows how to make the morn-in’/come---  /
6    6~~~~~ -5  6   -5   5<-4-3~~~ -3  -3  3   -3
so hard---- to keep con-/trol--- when I’d sell my/
 2<2-1~~~ -1 2   3   2  3   2
soul---     for just a lit-tle/
 3     -1  -1  2    2  2    -1
light (in the heat of the/night)
 3  3  -4-5~~~~ 6  3  -4 -4~~~
in the heat--- of the/night---/
 -1  2  3   -3< -3~~~ 3   2  3 2 -1~~~
when I got trou-ble- wall to/wall---/
3  3 6 -5~~~ 4<  2  -3 3~~~~
I re-peat--- in the/night---/
 3   -3< -4< 4< -4< -3  3 2-1 2 3~~~
must be  an end-in’ to it/all----  /
  6  6~~~~ -5   6   -5 5<-5-3~~~ -3  3  -3
hold on--- it won’t be/long--- just you be/
-2 2 -1~~~ -1  2 -1   3   3   3~~~~~~~~
strong---  and it-‘ll be all right-/--
 -1 -1    2   3  2   3~~~~~~~~~~~
(in the heat of the/night-------/)
 
Yours Harmusman