Mr Midnight chords by The Devil Makes Three

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: B

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
B
House is burning, you can't go home

Got no reason to be all alone
F#
Sneaking down the alley like a snake in the grass

To see where you're going I don't need a looking glass

     G#m                    B            G#m                     B7
Well I won't judge you at a distance, we all got our ways to get along
G#m                          B                     C#                               F#
Once the two of you start to dancing, you're gonna dance now till the dance floor's gone

Chorus:
B                     D#
Now you can't go out, you can't go home
E                        C#         E                             F#    F#7
Even in a crowd you feel all alone, find yourself hiding from the light
B                           D#7
You need some money, got no shame
       E7                  C#
You're just a pawn running in his game
E             F#7             B
Mr. Midnight, it's always the same

Verse 2:
B
Too many lies, the web gets so tight

Tangled at an angle that you just can't see right
F#
Heavy loaded, flying low, you say you got it all under control

G#m                       B   G#m                         B7
I know why you go back to him though he's such a mean old man
G#m                         B7
He whispers secrets in your ear, now
    C#            F#
His wish is your command

Chorus:
B                     D#
Now you can't go out, you can't go home
E                        C#         E                             F#    F#7
Even in a crowd you feel all alone, find yourself hiding from the light
B                           D#7
You need some money, got no shame
       E7                  C#
You're just a pawn running in his game
E             F#7             B
Mr. Midnight, it's always the same

Verse 3:
B
You're running downhill, you just cannot stop

Whole life small enough to fit in a matchbox
F#
Holding patterns on well-worn ground
B
Cowards, corners, making the rounds
G#m                              B
Who's looking back at you in the mirror?
G#m                         B7
Skin and bones, you look so thin
G#m                       B                        C#               F#
This is his song you sing along to, it's called notify your next of kin

Chorus:
B                     D#
Cause I can't go out, I can't go home
E                        C#         E                             F#    F#7
Even in a crowd I feel all alone, find myself hiding from the light
B                           D#7
I need some money, got no shame
       E7                  C#
I'm just a pawn running in his game
E             F#7             B
Mr. Midnight, it's always the same

E             F#7             B
Mr. Midnight, it's always the same

E             F#7             G#m
Mr. Midnight, it's always the same
                C#
It's always the same
                E F# B
it's always the same