Don't Close Your Eyes Tonight
Words & Music by Richard Kerr and Frank Musker
sung by John Denver
on Dreamland Express (1985)
(Capo up 4 frets)
Intro:
C G/C Am/C FaddG
C G/C Am/C FaddG
C G/C Am/C
There's a tenderness that I feel,
FaddG G
Very real, you see
C G/C Am/G FaddG
I can feel your body stir, so deep within
Em7 C F Am Dm7
Let it be an act of love tonight, completely
G FaddG C
Let me ask of you one thing
FaddG G C FaddG
Don't close your eyes tonight
C/E Am G F F/G C
Just look at me, see how many times I've cried for you
FaddG G C Dm7
Don't close your eyes tonight
G G/F Em7 Am G F
Let it be me, not just a fantasy
G C
Let it be me tonight
C G/C Am/G
You can lie so close to someone
FaddG G
And still feel all alone
C G/C
Though I've heard you say
Am/G C FaddG
You love me so many times
Em7
When you give me love
C F Am C/E Dm7
So beautiful, and tender
G FaddG C
Someone else is in your mind
FaddG G C FaddG
Don't close your eyes tonight
C/E Am G F F/G C
Just look at me, see how many times I've cried for you
FaddG G C Dm7
Don't close your eyes tonight
G G/F Em7 Am G F
Let it be me, not just a fantasy
G C
Let it be me tonight
Dm7 C/E
Sorry if I cry- feelings run so deep
F
Many is the time when I wake up and find
Am G
I've been crying in my sleep
Dm7
Look me in the eye,
C/E
Tell me what you see
F
I'm the one who loves you
I'm the one who needs you
Am A D
Make this one for me
GaddA A D
Don't close your eyes tonight
GaddA D/F# Bm A G G/A D
Just look at me, see how many times I've cried for you
Gadda A D Em7
Don't close your eyes tonight
A A/G F#m7 Bm A G
Let it be me, not just a fantasy
A D
Let it be me tonight