Verse
B G#m
Stumble on to the pavement; they're strapped tight to bed
C#m
They've got a fetish for sheep, straitjacket sheets
F# F#/A# B
But I've got Randy Newman in my head
G#m
This is no corn-fed day, it's gloomy, blue, and cold
G#m/B C#m
So let the muggings occur, I feel secure
F#
They say that I'm peculiar
[Chorus]
E G#m F#
And oh I don't know, I don't care
F# E
I'll be waiting for you there
G#m F#
Crave this chill, bathe in black
E
All the ghouls and fiends attack
G#m F# E
Knees go weak, and I swoon, underneath the pallid moon
G#m F#
Praise the night, oh, praise the night
F# B
The only time I feel alright
[Verse]
B G#m
Under the sun gods stare, I wince and blossom hives
C#m
Counting the fractions of day, rotting away
F# B
As businessmen just drink away their lives
G#m
But when the stars once shy, come bloom and blanket earth
C#m
I feel beloved and blessed, quite Byron-esque
F#
I need to just get off my chest that, oh
[Chorus]
E G#m F#
And oh I don't know, I don't care
F# E
I'll be waiting for you there
G#m F#
Crave this chill, bathe in black
E
All the ghouls and fiends attack
G#m F# E
Eyes erupt, and I swoon, underneath the pallid moon
G#m F#
Praise the night, oh, praise the night
F# B
The only time I feel alright
[Solo]
B G#m C#m F#
B G#m C#m F#
Ooh...
[Chorus]
E G#m F#
And oh I don't know, I don't care
F# E
I'll be waiting for you there
G#m F#
Crave this chill, bathe in black
E
All the ghouls and fiends attack
G#m F# E
Head combusts, and I swoon, underneath the pallid moon
G#m F#
Praise the night, oh, praise the night
F# B
The only time I feel alright