F              F       F      Dm
I've had many times, I can tell you,
Bb              Am      Gm            Dm     C
Times when innocence I'd trade for compan...y,
     F               F  Dm
And children saw me crying.
Bb          Am              Gm
I thought I had my share of that.
          Bb              Am  Gm          F
But these Miss You Nights         are the longest.

F                  F          Dm
Midnight diamonds stud my heaven,
Bb             Am       Gm            Dm           C
Southward burning lie the jewels that eye your place,
     F                 F    Dm
And warm winds that embrace me,
Bb          Am               Gm
Just as surely kissed your face.
            Bb             Am Gm        F
Yeah, these Miss You Nights they're the longest.

C

C       F
(How I missed you,)
      Am                  Gm        Bb
How I missed you, I'm not likely to tell.
     Dm
I'm a man,
    Am                    Gm                  C
And cold daylight buys the pride I'd rather sell.
C        F
(All my secrets,)
       Am             Gm
All my secretes are a wasted affair,
    Dm        F
You know them well.

F                 Dm
Thinking of my going,
Bb              Am      Gm        Dm        C
How to cut the thread and leave it all behind.
     F                 F    Dm
Looking windwards, for my compass,
Bb          Am             Gm 
I take each day as it arrives.
            Bb             Am Gm        F
But these Miss You Nights are the longest.

Bb
(Lay down,)

Bb           Am      Dm            F  Bb
Lay down all thoughts of your surrender,
Bb        Am               Gm
It's only me who's killing time.

Bb
(Play down,)

Bb            Am            Dm             F  Bb
Play down all dreams and themes once remembered,
Bb             Gm Bb             Gm
It's just the same, this miss you game.
         Bb               Gm          F
Yes, these Miss You Nights are the longest.