John Denver – Dont Close Your Eyes Tonight (Guitar)

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From the album: Dreamland Express (1985) In the key of: D [Intro] C G/B Am G F C G/B Am G F [Verse 1]
           C         G/B     Am  Am/G        F           G7
There's a tenderness that I feel, it's very real you see

       C        G/B   Am Am/G F
I can feel your body stir so deep within

       Em7           C          F          Am Dm7
Let it be an act of love tonight completely

            G               F    C
And let me ask of you one thing
[Chorus]
        G        G7      C    F
Don't close your eyes tonight

               Em            Am   G       F  G      C
Just look at me and see how many times I cried for you

        G        G7      C    Dm7
Don't close your eyes tonight

          G F Em           Am     G F
Let it be me,   not just a fantasy

          G     C
Let it be me tonight
[Verse 2]
         C     G/B       Am   Am/G              F       G7
You can lie so close to someone and still feel all alone

                  C       G/B      Am    Am/G       F
And though I've heard you say you loved me so many times

          Em7               C            F      Am Dm7
While you give me love so beautiful and tender

         G               F    C
Someone else is in your mind
[Chorus]
        G        G7      C    F
Don't close your eyes tonight

               Em            Am   G       F  G      C
Just look at me and see how many times I cried for you

        G        G7      C    Dm7
Don't close your eyes tonight

          G F Em           Am     G F
Let it be me,   not just a fantasy

          G     C
Let it be me tonight
[Bridge]
 Dm               C
Sorry if I cried, feelings run so deep

 F                    G7
Many is the time when I'll wake up and find

           Am           Em
I've been crying in my sleep

 Dm               C
Look me in the eye, tell me what you see

F                          G7
I'm the one who loves you, I'm the one who needs you

Am                A  D
Make this one for me
[Chorus]
        A        A7    D      G
Don't close your eyes tonight

               F#m           Bm   A       G  A     D
Just look at me and see how many times I cried for you

        A       A7     D      Em7
Don't close your eyes tonight

          A G F#m           Bm     A  G
Let it be me,    not just a fantasy

          A     D
Let it be me tonight
[Chorus]
        A        A7      D     G
Don't close your eyes tonight

               F#m           Bm   A       G  A     D
Just look at me and see how many times I cried for you

        A       A7     D    Em7
Don't close your eyes tonight

          A G F#m         Bm     A G
Let it be me,  not just a fantasy

          A     D
Let it be me tonight
[Outro]
        A       A7    D      G
Don't close your eyes tonight

               F#m           Bm   A       G  A     D
Just look at me and see how many times I cried for you

        A       A7     D    Em
Don't close your eyes tonight

          A7 G F#m        Bm     A G
Let it be me,  not just a fantasy

          A7     D
Let it be me tonight