Night Of A Thousand Stars Written By: Robert Hunter Performed by: Warren Haynes/Phil Lesh & Friends B Full moon rising over Alcatraz F#m A E Hangin' there like a big topaz B Ruling this night of a thousand stars F#m A E With a back seat full of broken guitars B Raised in chains by Jehosaphat's daughter F#m A E Served twenty years for walkin' on the water B Just out fishin' for love in the rain F#m A E From an easy chair in the passing lane F#m A E If I had forgotten, I'd remember well F#m A E The fruit and the tree from which it fell F#m A E Many long years rollin' homeward bound F#m A E Goin' hell-for-leather on this merry go round Chorus E B A Night of a thousand stars E B A The sound of sweet guitars B A On this night (on this night) B A On this night (on this night) B A On this night (on this night) B E On this night of a thousand stars B Down in the laundry with my head in my hands F#m A E Doin' whatsoever the Lord commands B Poppin' the hood off a Ford V8 F#m A E Disguised with an out of state license plate B Payin' my taxes in whiskey and blood F#m A E Mixed in a barrel floating on the flood B Doing my penance for a life of crime F#m A E Singing B Minor Masses in double time F#m A E The tiger and the lion hanging on the wall F#m A E Between the head of a saint and a bocce ball F#m A E I've been rebuked and I've been scorned F#m A E But I can't ever say that I haven't been warned [chorus] Bridge E Bm A I tried to serve you right E Bm A-E I tried to serve you well E Bm A It looked all right by morning light Bm A In hindsight - who can tell? Jam on Chorus B Flipping through the pages of my soul F#m A E My heart rears up and swallows me whole B These were moments of my life F#m A E Since dissected with a thick blunt knife B If I could recapture one moment of truth F#m A E From the firm foundation of a misspent youth B I'd fall like rain on this thirsty earth F#m A E A testament of beauty and worth F#m A E But if it don't happen because it can't F#m A E I hope and pray this wish you grant F#m A E From one man's heart to a falling star F#m A E We always remember who we are Jam on Chorus B Remember the night of a thousand stars F#m A E When love swam naked in the reservoir B Writing mad sonnets in the midnight park F#m A E Leaving tracks of tears for her watermark B Drums of the jungle on the edge of night F#m A E Only you could see with your perfect sight B If you don't remember you can be excused F#m A E 'Cause it could never be reproduced [chorus] + jam Tabbed by: Jake Mihalak - [email protected] Tab assistance from: [email protected] & www.whitegum.com
