Song Name: | Midnight Special (chromatic) | By: | Leadbelly\'s version |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | G | Genre: | Blues |
Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
Created: | 2009-10-30 13:10:05 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
Leadbelly Key: G G C -4 -3 -4 -3 -4 3 -3 2 Well you wake up in the morn-ing, G -3 3 -3 3 2 -1 hear the ding dong ring, D7 -1 2-1 2 2 -1 -1 -4 -3 You go march-ing to the ta-ble, G 3 -3* -4 -4 -3 3 You see the same damn thing C -3 -3* -43 -33 -3 3 Well, it's on one ta-ble, G -3 3 -3 3 2-1 knife, and fork and pan, D7 -1 2 -1 2 -1 2 -1 -4 -3 and if you say a thing a-bout it, G -4 -3* -4 -4 -3 -3 3 you're in troub-le with the man C -4 -3* -4-3 3 -3 3 Let the mid-night spe-cial, G -3 -4 -3 3 2-1 shine it�s light on me D7 2 -1 2 -1 -4 -3 Let the mid-night spe-cial, G 3 -3 -4 -3 3 2 3 -3 3 shine her ev-er-lov-ing light on me If you ever go to Houston, you better walk right, you better not stagger, you better not fight Sheriff Benson will arrest you, he'll carry you down And if the jury finds you guilty, penitentiary bound Yonder come little Rosie, how in the world do you know I can tell her by her apron, and the dress she wore Umbrella on her shoulder, piece of paper in her hand She goes a-marching to the captain, says, "I want my man" "I don' believe that Rosie loves me", well tell me why She ain't been to see me, since las' July She brought me little coffee, she brought me little tea Brought me damn near ever'thing but the jailhouse key Yonder comes doctor Adams, "How in the world do you know?" Well he gave me a tablet, the day befo' There ain't no doctor, in all the lan' Can cure the fever of a convict man |