All Night Loud – The Cat Empire
This is the closing song to the band’s fantastic album Steal the Light. The chords are very simple...
Capo 1
Am
Ever since I was 16
F
I wished that spring would come to me
F G
And I wished that I could dance up on the isles.
Am
Sweat rivers on a stage of steam
F
I let my thoughts begin to dream
F G C
I held my breath and ran into the wild.
Am
And each night a horizon grew
F
In all of us or just a few
F G
Til morning’s gold would make it disappear.
Am
Yet somewhere in my treasured chest
F
Is not forgot what must forget
F G C
But that’s a feeling for another year.
Am
And movement has a way like words
F
You’re there before the rhyme is heard
F G
And all that one can do is shape the ride.
Am
The miles of a forgotten dream
F
Are yours my love it’s where we’ve been
F G C
And maybe one day soon we will arrive.
C F C
Playing all night loud,
C F C
Playing all night loud,
G Am F
Sing it all night with me,
F G C
All night loud.
Am
And we went on a whirlwind trip
F
The nights unwound the records flipped
F G
And stillness came like chaos in the lights.
Am
And voices like devotion flew
F
Across the sea from me to you
F G C
In music that I still cannot describe.
Am
And there were ugly times it’s true
F
Some from me and some from you
F G
And devils have a way of digging down.
Am
But a friend is not a friend for life
F
Unless your life is worth the strife
F G C
So hold on we’ll be alright.
C F C
Playing all night loud,
C F C
Playing all night loud,
G Am F
Sing it all night with me,
F G C
All night loud.
Am
There’s a speech that I know well
F
Was told by Henry V I’ll tell
F G
A version that relates to us not war.
Am
‘He who sheds his sweat with me
F
Will be my friend eternally
F G C
From this day to the ending of the world’.
Am
No matter if we’re young or old
F
Or in the sun or in the cold
F G
I hope I can remember your bright eyes.
Am
Cos I know you and you know me
F
At least somehow mysteriously
F G C
So thank you my dear friends and that’s goodnight.
C
I’m much obliged,
F
I’m much obliged.
F G C
So thank you my dear friends and that’s goodnight.
C
I’m much obliged,
F
I’m much obliged.
F G C
So thank you my dear friends and that’s goodnight.
