Chords for JUSTIN HAYWARD/THE MOODY BLUES-NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN-GMTV- AUG-1994

[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ Never reaching [G] the _ [D] end, _ [C] _ _ _
letters [G] I would read, _ _ [F] _ never here [Em] to send. _ _
_ _ _ We've all smooched to that one, haven't we?
You speak for yourself.
I am, I am very much so.
And Justin Heywood from the Moody Blues is with us.
I'm not going [N] to tell you who I smooched.
I've probably forgotten now because there were so many.
_ Anyway, _ _ _ good _ morning.
Morning, morning. _
How many copies has that sold?
I'm going to try to change it.
I'm trying to get you away from this one now.
Yeah.
Because I know you're going to pick me up on that.
How many copies has it sold?
Well, I don't know is the honest answer, but I did get a double platinum disc for two million copies in America. _
But after that they don't really give you anything, so I don't know.
_ _ And it never reached number one, though?
In America it did, yes, and on the continent.
It was number one first in France in 1967.
_ _ But here it was a hit three times, but I think the highest it got was like number four.
But the funny thing with Nights was that when it was released, they didn't release it as our first single in America.
They released another song because they said people can't dance to _ that three, four times.
But of course they were totally wrong because everybody did.
Because it used to end every disco and _ dance.
They used to put it on last.
And if you couldn't dance to anything else, you could at least _ stagger around the floor tonight.
She smooched her at the end of every dance.
We know that.
You do, you do.
It means a lot to a lot of people.
We had Reg Presleon, didn't we, talking about Lovers All Around.
And he said, of course, that this time round that was actually going to make him a millionaire.
And really you could retire on one record.
Could you have retired on that record?
No. _ _ _
Who made the deal? _ _
You know, I was a 19-year-old kid when I wrote it.
But it means a lot to a lot of people and it's part of people's lives.
And that's a wonderful thing to share.
Well, I think the Moody Blues as well has been part of people's lives, of course, for many years.
And you are celebrating _ 25 years really now in the business.
Yeah, sure.
_ _ You've always been a live band.
Yeah, absolutely.
What's the best gig you've ever played?
The best gig we've ever played?
The one we used to enjoy most was regularly we used to play at Leeds University years ago
with a lot of other people on the bill because you'd meet a lot of your pals there,
you know, a lot of the groups of the time.
Rod Stewart was always playing there and people like Proko Harum in the 60s and the Floyd.
And they used to be all on the same bill.
And at Leeds they had a really strong students' union.
It was a great gig.
And you'd meet at the Blue Boar on the M1 after.
So you've always met up with your fans.
_ What is your involvement in the Rhys Daniels auction?
Well, I was contacted by Bill, Bill Wyman, about this.
And then it's something that happens to us with the Moody's quite a lot
because we're on the road maybe five or six months a year.
And maybe at least twice a month you meet somebody or some families
that are involved in the same issues, you know, and are going through the same things.
And it's a very humbling experience and it's very _ beautiful.
And they're a little closer to heaven than most of us, you know, if you know what I mean.
And what are you actually going to be doing at the auction? _ _
I'm just going to be turning up and I'm sure my wife is going to want me to bid for some of the clothes.
But then I'm doing a couple of songs and some acoustic songs and a few Moody's bits and pieces.
Well, I'm sure one of the songs you're going to be doing, of course, is Nights in White Satin. Probably, yeah.
_ And exclusively for your fans and for us this morning, you're going to perform that live here.
Okay, great.
But we'll let you go over and pick up your guitar.
_ Actually, just caught my eye here because out next month there's this special box CD set,
four CDs in this, Anthony, and this would make a really good Christmas present.
Time Traveller, it's called.
25 Years of the Moody Blues, 70 hits on that there.
And a lovely booklet and everything [G] involved.
Look at the colours on the CDs as well.
And if you're a fan, that's a real collector's _ _ possession, that is.
And of course, Nights in White Satin is one of the tracks on it.
Here's Justin performing that live for us now.
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_ [Em] _ _ _ Nights in [D] white satin, _ _
_ [Em] _ _ never reaching [D] the end. _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _
Letters [G] I have written, _ _
_ [F] _ _ never _ [Em] meaning to send. _ _ _
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Beauty [D] I'd always _ missed, [Em] _ _ with these eyes [D] before. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ Just want the _ [G] truth in, _
_ [F] _ _ I can't say [Em] _ anymore. _
Because [A] I love _ you, _ _ _ yes _
_ [C] I love you. _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _
Gazing [D] at people, _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ some [D] hand in _ hand. _
_ [C] _ _ _ Just what [G] I'm going _ through, [F] _ _ they can't [Em] understand.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ Some try [D] to tell me, _
_ [Em] _ _ thoughts they cannot [D] defend. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ Just what [G] you want to _ be, [F] _ you will be in [Em] the end. _
[A] I love you, _ _ _ yes _ _ [C] I love you. _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ Yeah. _
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_ _ _ Anthony has smooched the whole way through that, I have to tell you.
To whom?
_ _ Coming up in the rest of the