Midnight Special

Traditional American · collected by 1905 · public domain

One 1–4–5 loop serves verse and chorus alike — the chug carries the verses and the chorus is the same three chords with the mute lifted.

KeyCDbDEbEFF#GAbABbB4/4 · palm-muted backbeat

Chorus

Let the Midnight CSpecial shine a light on Gme,

let the Midnight D7Special shine its ever-lovin' Glight on me.

Verse 1

Well, you Gwake up in the mornin', you hear the ding-dong Cring,

you go Cmarchin' to the table, you see the Gsame old thing;

knife and Gfork are on the table, nothing D7in my pan,

and if you D7say a thing about it, you're in Gtrouble with the man.

Verse 2

GYonder come Miss Rosie — Chow in the world do you know?

I can Ctell her by her apron and the Gdress she wore;

an umGbrella on her shoulder, piece of D7paper in her hand,

she's goin' D7up to see the gov'nor — she Gwants to free her man.

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