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