In The Heat Of The Night

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4  4  5 6~~~~ -6  4    5  5~~~~ 
In the heat--- of the//night--- /
  3    -3’ 4  5     -4    5   -4    4   -3’
Seems like a cold sweat creep-in’ cross my/
-3’3-3 4~~~ 4  4  -6 6~~~ 5 -3’ -4 4~~~~
Brow--    /In the heat-- of the/night---/
 4   5   -5    6  -5  5     4  -3’3-3’4~~~
I’m feel-ing moth-er-less some/how---    /
 -6    6  -6  6  -5 5 -4~~  -4    4    -4
Stars—with e-vil/eyes---   stare from the/
-3 -3’3~~~-3’   4  -3’   4
Skies---  all mean and/bright/
 3   3   -3’ -3’-3’   3
(in the heat of the/night)/
 4    4 -6  6~~ 5   -3’ -4 4~~~
ain’t a wo-man yet been/born---/
  4    5  -5  6   -5   5   4   -3’ 3-3’4~~  
knows how to make the morn-in’/come---    /
-6  -6~~~~~ 6   -6   6  -5 5-4~~~-4-4  -4   4  -4
so hard---- to keep con-/trol--- when I’d sell my/
-3-3’3~~~~ -3’  4  -3’ 4  -3’
soul---    for just a lit-tle/
  4    3   3   -3’ -3’-3’  3
light (in the heat of the/night)
 4  4  5  6~~~ -6  4  5  5~~~~
in the heat--- of the/night---/
 -3 -3’ 4    5  -4~~~ 4   -3’ 4-3’3~~
when I got trou-ble- wall to/wall---/
4 4  -6 6~~~ 5  -3’ -4 4~~~~
I re-peat--- in the/night---/  
 4   5  -5  6  -5 5  4  -3’3-3’4~~~   
must be an end-in’to it/all----    /
 -6  -6~~~ 6   -6   6  -5 5-4~~ -4   4  -4
hold on--- it won’t be/long--- just you be/
-3 -33~~~~  3  -3’ 3  4   4  4~~~~~~~~~~
strong---  and it-‘ll be all right-/--
 3   3   -3’  4  -3’  4~~~~~~~~~
(in the heat of the/night-------/)
 
Yours Harmusman Diatonic