Midnight Special Chords


Midnight

Free printable and easy chords for song by Paul Evans - Midnight Special. Chords ratings, diagrams and lyrics. Midnight Special:Paul Evans. (Capo 1st fret.) #1. The chords provided are my interpretation and their accuracy is not guaranteed. Big Midnight Special lyrics and chords are intended for your personal use only, this is a very good country song recorded by Jean Shepard.

Traditional; arranged by by John Fogerty

Midnight Special Chords And Lyrics

tab transcribed by Collins Crapo <roxtar@srv.net>

Midnight Special by Johnny Rivers Chords Different Versions Chords, Tab, Tabs. Chords Diagrams. Guitar Tabs Universe. Midnight Special “Midnight Special” was first commercially recorded in 1926 by Dave “Pistol Pete” Cutrell. In 1934, Lead Belly recorded a version of the song. According to John and Alan Lomax in their book, Best Loved American Folk Songs “Midnight Special” was about a train, The Midnight Special, that passed by a prison in Louisiana.

(initially, single, slow strums of each chord)
You hear the work bell ring[D]
You see the same old thing[D]
And no fork up in the pan[D]
You'll get in trouble with the [D]man
(now speed up tempo and strum continuously; all subsequent verses have
Let the midnight [G]special
Let the midnight [A7]special
Let the midnight [G]special

Midnight Special Chords Ccr

Let the midnight [A7]special
Yonder come Miss Rosie
By the way she wears her apron
Umbrella on her shoulder
She come to see the gov'nor
If you're ever in Houston
You'd better not gamble
Or the sheriff will grab ya
The next thing you know, boy
(chorus twice; 2nd time, at last line, decelerate, with break at 'light

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Well you wake up in the mornin’, you hear the work bell ring
And they march you to the table to see the same old thing
Ain’t no food upon the table and no pork up in the pan
But you better not complain boy you get in trouble with the man

Midnight

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine an ever lovin’ light on me

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 wants to free her man

Midnight Special Chords

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine an ever lovin’ light on me

If you’re ever in Houston, well, you better do the right
You better not gamble, there, you better not fight, at all
Or the sheriff will grab ya and the boys will bring you down
The next thing you know, boy, oh! you’re prison bound

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine an ever lovin’ light on me

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me
Let the Midnight Special shine an ever lovin’ light on me