{title: When the night comes}
{artist: Joe Cocker}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 86}
{duration: 4:35}
{key: C#}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[G#sus4] [G#sus4/F#] [G#sus4/C#] (x4, piano, ++)
[G#sus4] [G#sus4/F#] [G#sus4/C#] (x2, + gitaar)
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[G#] hold [F#]on, [C#] I'll be back for you, it won't be long
[G#] but for now there's [F#]something else that's [C#]calling me
[G#] so take me down a [F#]lonesome road, [C#] point me east and let me go
[G#] that suitcase [F#]weighs me down with [C#]memories
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
I just [G#]wanna be the one you [F#]run to, I [C#]wanna be the one you come to
I just [G#]wanna be there for [F#]someone, when the [C#]night comes
let's [G#]put all the cares be-[F#]hind us and [C#]go where they'll never find us
I just [G#]wanna be there be-[F#]side you, when the [C#]night comes
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Link}
[G#] [F#] [C#]
[G#] [F#] [C#]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[G#] two spirits [F#]in the night [C#] we can leave before the morning light
[G#] when there's nothing [F#]left to lose, there’s [C#]nothing left to fear
[G#] so meet me on the [F#]edge of town, [C#] won't keep you waiting i'll be 'round
[G#] then you and I, [F#] we'll just [C#]roll right out of here
{start_of_verse}
{chorus: Chorus 2}
{start_of_part: Bridge 1}
[A#m] I know there'll be a time for [C#]you and I
[A#m] just take my hand and run a-[C#]way
[D#m] think of all the pieces of the [A#m]shattered dream
we're gonna [F#]make it out some day, we'll be [G#]coming back to stay [G#]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Solo}
[G#] [F#] [C#]
[G#] [F#] [C#]
[G#] [F#] [C#]
[G#] [F#] [C#]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Bridge 2}
[G#]ooh-[F#]ooh, when the [C#]night comes - I wanna be the one you run to
[G#]ooh-[F#]ooh, when the [C#]night comes - to be the one you'd come to
[G#]ooh-[F#]ooh, I [C#]wanna be the one you run to
[G#]ooh-[F#]ooh-[C#]ooh
{end_of_part}
{chorus: Chorus 3}
{start_of_part: Bridge 2}
[G#]ooh-[F#]ooh, when the [C#]night comes - I wanna be the one you run to
[G#]ooh-[F#]ooh, when the [C#]night comes - to be the one you'd come to
[G#]ooh-[F#]ooh, I [C#]wanna be the one you run to
[G#]ooh-[F#]ooh-[C#]ooh
{end_of_part}