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