Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

(single notes) [, , , ] x 3; (run up on bass): [, , , ]

Chords: (, , , ; , , , ) x 2

[V1]

Mama get your shoes on

And Daddy get your hat

The workin' week is over

So let's just leave it at that

We talk about it on the telephone

Makin' plans to meet

Something's gonna happen

Tonight between the full moon and the streets

[ capella]

(bass) Get outa your seat (regular voice) It's Friday night->

Chorus

->night Friday night in America Oh Friday night*->

->*night, Friday night in America

Hit the lights

Hold on tight

It's Friday night , y'all

[, , , ] , , , ; , , ,

In America

[V2]

And everybody in the neighbourhood

They're on their way downtown

One up top and dressed to kill

Ready to hit the ground

They come to rumble And they come to dance

They come to see the show

And if they can't find what they're lookin' for

They know somebody who knows somebody Who knows

[ capella]

Gotta be on your toes, It's Friday night

Chorus

Friday night in America It's all right

Friday night in America, Well you could

lose your heart

Lose you life

It's Friday night, y'all

, , , ->(jump to in bridge)

Bridge

(chords in 7th but sung as minor)

(as ) , , -

Debutantes in a restaurant

(as ) , , -

Gunshots in the parking lot

Sweet dreams on the silver screen

You better turn up the heat in the back seat

Soul savers (flag wavers)

Street walkers (sweet talkers)

You make it through the weekend

You come back and do it again

Next Friday night

Chorus instrumental

... [, , , ]

Short break:

(, , , ; , , , ) x 2

[V3]

Lookin' through your headlights

Hand upon the wheel

Your heart's beatin' like a radio

In your soul of stainless steel

She's standin' on the corner

Dressed in midnight blue

Ticking like a time bomb

When she turns her eyes on you

[bass a capella] (What’cha gonna do?) It's Friday night

Chorus

Friday night in America all night

Friday night in America,

Got to be strong to make it

All night long on Friday night

Friday night in America

Friday night in America

Hit the lights and

hold on tight

[hit and hold] [ ]

You can bet your life it's Friday night y'all, In America

Outro chorus

Friday night

all night in America,

Friday night

Till the dawns early light in America,

Friday night

In America

Friday night

Friday night

[fade]

Friday night