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