In The Heat Of The Night (Diatonic) Harmonica Tabs

Key G 4/4

Recorded by Ray Charles, used in the

Film of the same name and was theme tune

for TV series.

4 4 5 6~~~~ -6 4 5 5~~~~

In the heat— of the//night— /

3 -3’ 4 5 -4 5 -4 4 -3’

Seems like a cold sweat creep-in’ cross my/

-3’3-3 4~~~ 4 4 -6 6~~~ 5 -3’ -4 4~~~~

Brow– /In the heat– of the/night—/

4 5 -5 6 -5 5 4 -3’3-3’4~~~

I’m feel-ing moth-er-less some/how— /

-6 6 -6 6 -5 5 -4~~ -4 4 -4

Stars—with e-vil/eyes— stare from the/

-3 -3’3~~~-3’ 4 -3’ 4

Skies— all mean and/bright/

3 3 -3’ -3’-3’ 3

(in the heat of the/night)/

4 4 -6 6~~ 5 -3’ -4 4~~~

ain’t a wo-man yet been/born—/

4 5 -5 6 -5 5 4 -3’ 3-3’4~~

knows how to make the morn-in’/come— /

-6 -6~~~~~ 6 -6 6 -5 5-4~~~-4-4 -4 4 -4

so hard—- to keep con-/trol— when I’d sell my/

-3-3’3~~~~ -3’ 4 -3’ 4 -3’

soul— for just a lit-tle/

4 3 3 -3’ -3’-3’ 3

light (in the heat of the/night)

4 4 5 6~~~ -6 4 5 5~~~~

in the heat— of the/night—/

-3 -3’ 4 5 -4~~~ 4 -3’ 4-3’3~~

when I got trou-ble- wall to/wall—/

4 4 -6 6~~~ 5 -3’ -4 4~~~~

I re-peat— in the/night—/

4 5 -5 6 -5 5 4 -3’3-3’4~~~

must be an end-in’to it/all—- /

-6 -6~~~ 6 -6 6 -5 5-4~~ -4 4 -4

hold on— it won’t be/long— just you be/

-3 -33~~~~ 3 -3’ 3 4 4 4~~~~~~~~~~

strong— and it-‘ll be all right-/–

3 3 -3’ 4 -3’ 4~~~~~~~~~

(in the heat of the/night——-/)