Night Moves Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Night Moves chord chart by Bob Seger. Cool little song with a cool little groove. This song does require the intermediate barre chord F major and you will be using it quite a lot. I would highly recommend working on your chord switches between F and C and F and G because you will be hopping the rhythm in the song. Which means you will only be on the F chord sometimes for 1/2 a beat. Fast!!!!
Lauren, there’s and easier F right?
Yep, for those of your not up to the full barre chord yet, we can use the trusty old Fmaj7 chord below. Won’t sound exactly light the song, but it will work.
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Night Moves Guitar Chords:
Night Moves Strumming Patterns:
Verse Strumming with Walkdowns:
G F C C F G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D XU D X UD DU U U D XU D XU D XU U U
Chorus Strumming with Walkdowns:
Em D C C D Em
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D D DUDU D D DU DU
Bridge Strumming:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D X DU DU
Night Moves Guitar Lesson:
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Night Moves Chord Chart:
Intro:
G |G - F C| C |C - F G| G |G - F C| C |C - F G|
Verse: Continuation of Intro theme throughout
G G
I was a little too tall, coulda' used a few pounds
C C
Tight pants, points, hardly renown
G G
She was a black haired beauty with big dark eyes
C C G G C C
And points all her own sittin' way up high way up firm and high
G G
Out past the cornfields, where the woods got heavy
C C
Out in the backseat of my sixty Chevy
G G C C
Workin on mysteries without any clues
Chorus: with walkdown themes
Em
Working on our night moves
C Em C
Tryin' to make some front page drive-in news
Em C
Workin' on our night moves
G G C C
in the summertime hmm
G G C C
In the sweet, summertime
Verse:
G G
We weren't in love, oh no, far from it
C C
We weren't searching for some high in the sky ummit
G G C C
We were just young and restless and bored living by the sword
G G
And we'd steal away every chance we could
C C
To the back room, alley, or the trusty woods
G G C C
I used her, she used me but neither one cared we were getting our share
Chorus: with walkdown themes
Em
Working on our night moves
C Em C
Tryin' to lose the awkward teenage blues
Em C
Workin' on our night moves
G G C C
in the summertime hmm
G G C C
In the sweet, summertime summertime
Interlude:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 + 4 +
Em (hold) Em D | G (hold) G (hold)
Bridge:
Cmaj7x2 Gx2 Cmaj7x2
Oh I wonder felt the lightening yeah
Fx2 Dx2 G (hold)
And waited on the thunder waited on the thunder
G (hold)
I woke last night to the sound of thunder
Cmaj7 (hold)
How far off I sat and wondered
G (hold)
Started humming a song from 1962
Cmaj7 (hold)
Ain't it funny how the night moves
Em (hold)
We just don't seem to have as much to lose
Cmaj7 (hold) Em (hold)
Strange how the night moves
Cmaj7 (hold) G (hold)
With autumn closing in
Verse Rhythm many times: G |G - F C| C |C - F G|
Emx2 Bmx2 Am C
Oooo hooo oh yeah, yeah, yeah uh huh, uh huh
G G (hold)
I remember, I remember
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