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- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 09:40:08 -0800
- From: Collins Crapo <roxtar@srv.net>
- Subject: .../c/creedence_clearwater_revival/midnight_special.crd
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- THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
- Traditional; arranged by by John Fogerty
- performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival
- tab transcribed by Collins Crapo <roxtar@srv.net>
-
- (initially, single, slow strums of each chord)
- D G
- Well, you wake up in the mornin'
- D
- You hear the work bell ring
- A7
- And they march you to the table
- D
- You see the same old thing
- G
- Ain't no food upon the table
- D
- And no fork up in the pan
- A7
- But you'd better not complain, boy
- D
- You'll get in trouble with the man
-
- (now speed up tempo and strum continuously; all subsequent verses have
- same pattern as chorus)
-
- CHORUS:
- G
- Let the midnight special
- D
- Shine the light on me
- A7
- Let the midnight special
- D
- Shine the light on me
- G
- Let the midnight special
- D
- Shine the light on me
- A7
- Let the midnight special
- D
- Shine the ever-lovin' light on me
-
- Verse 2:
- Yonder come Miss Rosie
- How in the world did you know
- By the way she wears her apron
- And the clothes she wore
- Umbrella on her shoulder
- Piece of paper in her hand
- She come to see the gov'nor
- She wanna free her man
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- (chorus)
-
- Verse 3:
- If you're ever in Houston
- Ooh, you'd better do right
- You'd better not gamble
- And you'd better not fight
- Or the sheriff will grab ya
- And the boys'll bring you down
- The next thing you know, boy
- Ooh, you're prison-bound
-
- (chorus twice; 2nd time, at last line, decelerate, with break at "light
- on me," to final strum of D)
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