Chords with lyrics
"Midnight Confessions"
(Lou Josie)
Originally done by the Evergreen Blues (Mercury 72756) earlier in 1968; the
Grass Roots' arrangement is more-or-less a note-for-note copy of theirs.
Intro:
Bass:
(
G# minorG#m) 
E MajorE 
F#F#
v v v v v v v v
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------4-6-4---|-----------------|
|-------6-------6-|-----------------|
|-4---4-----------|-0-0-0-2---2-2---|
(G# minorG#m) E MajorE F#F# 
A augmentedA [5/4]
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------4-6-4---|---------------------|-------------X---| X: snare
|-------6-------6-|---------------------|-----------------|
|-4---4-----------|-0-0-0-2-2-5---------|-----------------|
(A augmentedA)
v v v v v v v v
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----7-6-4-------|
|-----------------|-----------7-6-4-|
|-5---5---5-5-5---|-5---------------|
Verse 1:
G# minorG#m
The sound of ...
F#F#
Telling me that ...
A#mA#m
Your soft gentle ...
D#mD#m 
C#C#
Brings out the need in ...
Chorus:
F#F# C#C#
In my ...
G# minorG#m C#C#
When I tell all the ...
F#F# C#C#
In my ...
G# minorG#m C#C#
When I say all the ...
[N.C.]
I love you
Bridge:
E MajorE 
BB F#F# C#C#
But a little gold ring you wear ...
E MajorE BB F#F#
There's another before ....
D#D#
I'm ....
[repeat first four bars of intro, then 2/4 bar w/snare on 2]
Verse 2:
Staggering through the ...
[repeat chorus]
Horn break:
F#F# C#C# E MajorE BB
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / [2x]
F#F#
/ / / / / / / /
[repeat bridge]
[repeat chorus; first two lines over arpeggiated organ chords only]
Coda [repeat to fade]
F#F# C#C#
Na na-na ...
E MajorE BB
Na na-na ...
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
Other versions of Midnight Confessions
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Midnight confessions (Ver. 2) by The Grass Roots
