From: “The Phantom of the Opera”

The Music of the Night

from The Phantom Of The Opera

by

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER

Lyrics by: CHARLES HART and RICHARD STILGOE

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 The Music Of The Night
(from The Phantom Of The Opera)
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Charles Hart
Additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe

Andante
C G/C C G/C
PHANTOM:

Night time sharp - ens,

C G/C C G/C F/C G/C

height -ens each sen - sa - tion; dark - ness stirs and wakes im - ag - i - na - tion.

F C F C F B F

Si - lent - ly the sens - es a - ban - don their de - fenc - es, help- less to re - sist the notes I

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 2 rall.
C/G Dm/G Em/ G

write, for I com - pose the mu - sic of the night.

a tempo
C G/C C G/C C G/C

Slow - ly, gent - ly, night un - furls its splen - dour; grasp it, sense it,

F G F C

trem - u - lous and ten - der. Turn your face a - way from the

F C F B F

gar - ish light of day, turn your thoughts a - way from cold, un - feel - ing

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 3
C/G F/G G7

light and lis - ten to the mu - sic of the

C B

night. Close your eyes and sur - ren - der to your

E A

dark - est dreams! Purge your thoughts of the life you knew be -

rall.
D D7 G G7

fore! Close your eyes, let your spir - it start to

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 4 rit.
C Em B E

soar and you’ll live as you’ve nev - er lived be - fore.

a tempo
C G/C C G/C C G/C

Soft - ly, deft - ly, mu - sic shall ca - ress you. Hear it, feel it,

F G F C

se - cret - ly pos - sess you. O - pen up your mind, let your

F C F B F

fan - ta - sies un - wind in this dark - ness which you know you can - not

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rall.
C/G F/G G7

fight, the dark - ness of the mu - sic of the

a tempo
C B

night. Let your mind start a jour - ney through a

E A

strange, new world; leave all thoughts of the life you knew be -

rall.
D G G7

fore. Let your soul take you where you long to

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 6
C molto rit. Em B E

be! On - ly then can you be - long to me.

a tempo
C G/C C G/C C G/C

Float - ing, fall - ing, sweet in - tox - i - ca - tion. Touch me, trust me,

F/C G/C F C

sa - vour each sen - sa - tion. Let the dream be - gin, let your

F C F B F C/G

dark - er side give in to the pow - er of the mu - sic that I write, the

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a tempo
F/G G7 rall. C G/C C G/C

pow - er of the mu - sic of the night.

a tempo
C G/C F G7 rall. F C

F C F B F C/G

You a - lone can make my song take flight,

rall. lento
F/G G7 F Dm C m B C

help me make the mu - sic of the night.

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