Crazy in the night (1985)    (video)

 

    D - G - A (2x)

 

              D                    G                      A

1. Sometimes I really think I‘m going crazy in the night,

                  D                        G                   A

    when I hide down in the covers and I won‘t turn on the light,

                 D                       G                           A

    I think nothing‘s gonna get me, but then again it might,

               D               G                         A                D        - A

    what can I do to keep from going crazy in the night.

 

          D                     G                 A

2. I need a drink of water but I swallow hard instead,

                       D                        G                             A

    ‘cause it‘s hard to move a muscle when you‘re frozen in your bed.

       D                      G                        A

    If I could make it to the phone before I die of fright,

               D               G                         A

    what can I do to keep from going crazy in the night ?

 

          D                         G                            A

Sometimes she really thinks she‘s going crazy in the night,

                  D                           G                       A

when she hides down in the covers and she won‘t turn on the light.

                  D                        G                     A

She says nothing‘s gonna get to her, but then again it might,

           D                    G                         A                D

what can she do to keep from going crazy in the night ?

 

+  D - G - A (2x)

 

                        D                    G                          A

3. There‘s a monster on my ceiling, there‘s a monster on the wall,

                        D                       G                            A

    there are thousands in the closet, now they‘re coming down the hall.

                D                          G                    A

    I‘m so hidden, they can‘t find me, but then again they might,

               D                G                        A               D

    what can I do to keep from going crazy in the night ?

 

          D                         G                            A

Sometimes she really thinks she‘s going crazy in the night,

                  D                           G                       A

when she hides down in the covers and she won‘t turn on the light.

                  D                        G                     A

She says nothing‘s gonna get to her, but then again it might,

           D                    G                         A               Bm

what can she do to keep from going crazy in the night ?

 

+  Bm - G - Bm - A (2x)

 

            D             G                      A

4. And if I disappeared, do you think they‘d ever look ?

                         D                       G                 A

    Would I be headlines in the paper or the cover of a book ?

                 D                   G                     A

    Got to pull myself together, I don‘t want to die of fright,

                D               G                         A

    What can I do to keep from going crazy in the night ?

 

          D                         G                            A

Sometimes she really thinks she‘s going crazy in the night,

                  D                           G                       A

when she hides down in the covers and she won‘t turn on the light.

                  D                        G                      A

She says nothing‘s gonna get to her, but then again it might,

           D                    G                         A                D

what can she do to keep from going crazy in the night ?

 

 

+  CHORUS as instrumental (doo doo doo....)

 

              D                - G - A       - D - G     A               D

+  Doo doo doo doo ....                          crazy in the night. (3x) ....

 

 

(orig. = capo 3)    (Kim Carnes)