Songs For My Own Enjoyment: Midnight Special



Midnight Special
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Category: Fun
Link: Performance Example

first verse strum single arpeggiated chords
G                           C                            G     
Well you wake up in the mor-nin', you hear the work bell ring  
                          D                         G      
And they march you to the table to see the same old thing  
                       C                           G    
Ain't no food upon the table and no pork up in the pan  
                       D                                     G   G7 
But you better not com-plain boy you get in trouble with the man   
   
                 C                        G   
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me  
                 D                        G  G7 
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me   
                 C                        G   
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me  
                 D       D7                            G   
Let the Midnight Special shine an ever lovin' light on me  
   
G                C7                              G      
Yonder come miss Rosie, how in the world did you know?  
                         D                          G     
By the way she wears her apron, and the clothes she wore  
                C7                              G     
Umbrella on her shoulder, piece of paper in her hand  
                    D                              G   G7 
She come to see the gov'nor, she wants to free her man   
   
                 C                        G   
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me  
                 D                        G  G7 
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me   
                 C                        G   
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me  
                 D       D7                            G   
Let the Midnight Special shine an ever lovin' light on me  
   
G                 C7                               G      
If you're ever in Houston, well, you better do the right  
               D                             G              
You better not gamble, there, you better not fight, at all  
                    C7                                  G     
Or the sheriff will grab ya and the boys will bring you down  
                   D                            G     G7 
The next thing you know, boy, oh! you're prison bound   
   
                 C                        G   
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me  
                 D                        G  G7 
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me   
                 C                        G   
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me  
                 D       D7                            G   
Let the Midnight Special shine an ever lovin' light on me  
   
                 C                        G   
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me  
                 D                        G  G7 
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me   
                 C                        G   
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me  
                 D       D7                            G   
Let the Midnight Special shine an ever lovin' light on me  
   
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