Midnight Confessions tab by The Grass Roots
Guitar Tab
MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS
As recorded by The Grass Roots
(From the 1968 Album GOLDEN GRASS)
Words and Music by Lou Josie
Arranged by The Grass Roots
Transcribed by Slowhand
E F#m A G#m
0 2 2 1 0 0 2 4 4 2 2 2 x 0 2 2 2 0 4 6 6 4 4 4
A#m D#m C#m F#
x 1 3 3 2 1 x 6 8 8 7 6 x 4 6 6 5 4 2 4 4 3 2 2
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
C# B
x 4 6 6 6 4 x 2 4 4 4 2
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Creed Bratton - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Horns'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Warren Entner - Organ'
Intro
Q=132
E F#m
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
W E E E E +H W
| | | |
/ / / /
Gtr III (Organ arr. for Gtr.)
W Q +S S E +Q. E W
|----------|--0----(0)----2--(2)-----|------|
|----------|--0----(0)----2--(2)-----|------|
|----------|--1----(1)----3--(3)-----|------|
|----------|-------------------------|------|
|----------|-------------------------|------|
|----------|-------------------------|------|
|
| Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
| W Q +S S E +Q. E W
|----------|-12---(12)---14-(14)-----|------|
|----------|-12---(12)---14-(14)-----|------|
|----------|-13---(13)---15-(15)-----|------|
|----------|-------------------------|------|
|----------|-------------------------|------|
|----------|-------------------------|------|
E F#m A
3/4 4/4 2/4 4/4
E E E E +Q W +H W W
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
Q E E +Q W +H W W
|--0------2--(2)--|--5--------|--(5)----|----------|------||
|--0------2--(2)--|--5--------|--(5)----|----------|------||
|--1------3--(3)--|--6--------|--(6)----|----------|------||
|-----------------|-----------|---------|----------|------||
|-----------------|-----------|---------|----------|------||
|-----------------|-----------|---------|----------|------||
|
| Q E E +Q W +H W W
|-12-----14-(14)--|-17--------|-(17)----|----------|------||
|-12-----14-(14)--|-17--------|-(17)----|----------|------||
|-13-----15-(15)--|-18--------|-(18)----|----------|------||
|-----------------|-----------|---------|----------|------||
|-----------------|-----------|---------|----------|------||
|-----------------|-----------|---------|----------|------||
1st Verse
G#m F#m
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
W +W W +W
|-11-----------|-(11)-----------|--9-----------|--(9)-----------|
|-12-----------|-(12)-----------|-11-----------|-(11)-----------|
|-13-----------|-(13)-----------|-11-----------|-(11)-----------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
A#m
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | |
/ / / /
W +W
|-6-----------|-(6)-----------|
|-6-----------|-(6)-----------|
|-6-----------|-(6)-----------|
|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|
D#m C#m
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | |
/ / / /
W W
|--6-------------------|--9-----------------------||
|--7-------------------|--9-----------------------||
|--8-------------------|-10-----------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +Q +E E
|----------14-(14)-----|-16-14-13-16-(16)--(16)---||
|-19-18-16-------------|--------------------------||
|----------11-(11)-----|-13-11-10-13-(13)--(13)---||
|-16-15-13-------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------||
Chorus
F# C# G#m C#
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
W W W W
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--6-----------|--6---------------|--8-----------|--6--------------|
|--8-----------|--6---------------|--9-----------|--6--------------|
|--9-----------|--8---------------|-11-----------|--8--------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|
| W H E E E E W H Q E E
|-14-----------|-13-----14---16---|-11-----------|-13-----14--16---|
|-14-----------|-14---------------|-12-----------|-----------------|
|-15-----------|-13-----11---13---|-13-----------|-10-----11--13---|
|-16-----------|-15---------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
F# C# G#m C#
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q Q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
W W W W
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--6-----------|--6---------------|--8-----------|--6--------------|
|--8-----------|--6---------------|--9-----------|--6--------------|
|--9-----------|--8---------------|-11-----------|--8--------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|
| W H E E E E W H Q E E
|-14-----------|-13-----14---16---|-11-----------|-13-----14--16---|
|-14-----------|-14---------------|-12-----------|-----------------|
|-15-----------|-13-----11---13---|-13-----------|-10-----11--13---|
|-16-----------|-15---------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
Bridge
E B
+W W Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | |
/ / / / /
+W W W W
|--------------------------|--------------||-------------|-------------|
|--------------------------|--------------||-------------|-------------|
|-(6)----------------------|--------------||-4-----------|-------------|
|-(6)----------------------|--------------||-6-----------|-4-----------|
|-(8)----------------------|--------------||-7-----------|-6-----------|
|--------------------------|--------------||-------------|-7-----------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E Q H W W
|-16--14-13-16-14-13-16-14-|-13-----------||-------------|-------------|
|--------------------------|--------------||-------------|-------------|
|-13--11-10-13-11-10-13-11-|-10-----------||-------------|-------------|
|--------------------------|--------------||-------------|-------------|
|--------------------------|--------------||-------------|-------------|
|--------------------------|--------------||-------------|-------------|
F# C# E B
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
W W W W
|-------------|-------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-6-----------|-6-----------|--4--------------------|---------------------|
|-8-----------|-6-----------|--6--------------------|--4------------------|
|-9-----------|-8-----------|--7--------------------|--6------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------------|--7------------------|
|
| W W H +Q +S E S +H +Q +E E
|-------------|-------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-12-----(12)--(12)---7-|-(7)-----(7)--(7)----|
|-------------|-------------|-13-----(13)--(13)---8-|-(8)-----(8)--(8)----|
|-------------|-------------|-14-----(14)--(14)---9-|-(9)-----(9)--(9)----|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
F# D#m E F#m
Q q Q q W W E E E E +H
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
W W W Q +S S E +Q. E
|--------------------|-----------------|----------|--0----(0)----2--(2)------|
|--2-----------------|--4--------------|----------|--0----(0)----2--(2)------|
|--3-----------------|-----------------|----------|--1----(1)----3--(3)------|
|--4-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------|--------------------------|
|
| Q. +H E Q. +H E W Q +S S E +Q. E
|--------------------|-----------------|----------|-12---(12)---14-(14)------|
|--------------------|-11----(11)------|----------|-12---(12)---14-(14)------|
|-11-----(11)--------|-12----(12)------|----------|-13---(13)---15-(15)------|
|-11-----(11)--------|-13----(13)------|----------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------|--------------------------|
2nd Verse
E F#m A G#m
3/4 4/4
W E E E E +Q W Q q Q q
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
W Q E E +Q W W
|----------|--0------2--(2)--|--5--------||-11-----------|
|----------|--0------2--(2)--|--5--------||-12-----------|
|----------|--1------3--(3)--|--6--------||-13-----------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------||--------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------||--------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------||--------------|
|
| W Q E E +Q W W
|----------|-12-----14-(14)--|-17--------||--------------|
|----------|-12-----14-(14)--|-17--------||--------------|
|----------|-13-----15-(15)--|-18--------||--------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------||--------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------||--------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------||--------------|
F# A#m
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
+W W +W W
|-(11)-----------|--9-----------|--(9)-----------|-6-----------|
|-(12)-----------|-11-----------|-(11)-----------|-6-----------|
|-(13)-----------|-11-----------|-(11)-----------|-6-----------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
|
| H Q Q W +H Q Q W
|----------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|-3-----------|
|-------------6--|--4-----------|--(4)--------4--|-------------|
|----------6-----|--------------|----------4-----|-------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
D#m
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | |
/ / / /
+W W
|-(6)--------------|--6-------------------|
|-(6)--------------|--7-------------------|
|-(6)--------------|--8-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|
| +H +Q. E E E E E +H
|------------------|-14-13-11-14-(14)-----|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-(3)-----(3)------|-11-10--8-11-(11)-----|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
Chorus
C#m F#
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | |
/ / / /
W W
|--9-----------------------||--------------|
|--9-----------------------||--------------|
|-10-----------------------||--6-----------|
|--------------------------||--8-----------|
|--------------------------||--9-----------|
|--------------------------||--------------|
|
| E E E E +Q +E E W
|-16-14-13-16-(16)--(16)---||-14-----------|
|--------------------------||-14-----------|
|-13-11-10-13-(13)--(13)---||-15-----------|
|--------------------------||-16-----------|
|--------------------------||--------------|
|--------------------------||--------------|
C# G#m C# F#
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
W W W W
|------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--6---------------|--8-----------|--6--------------|--6-----------|
|--6---------------|--9-----------|--6--------------|--8-----------|
|--8---------------|-11-----------|--8--------------|--9-----------|
|------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|
| H E E E E W H Q E E W
|-13-----14---16---|-11-----------|-13-----14--16---|-14-----------|
|-14---------------|-12-----------|-----------------|-14-----------|
|-13-----11---13---|-13-----------|-10-----11--13---|-15-----------|
|-15---------------|--------------|-----------------|-16-----------|
|------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
C# G#m
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | |
/ / / /
W W
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|--6---------------|--8--------------|
|--6---------------|--9--------------|
|--8---------------|-11--------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|
| H E E E E H +H
|-13-----14---16---|-11-----(11)-----|
|-14---------------|-12-----(12)-----|
|-13-----11---13---|-13-----(13)-----|
|-15---------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
C#
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | |
/ / / /
W +W
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|--6--------------|-(6)----------------------|
|--6--------------|-(6)----------------------|
|--8--------------|-(8)----------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|
| H Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-13-----14--16---|-16--14-13-16-14-13-16-14-|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-10-----11--13---|-13--11-10-13-11-10-13-11-|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
Interlude
F#
q Q H Q q Q q
| | |
/ / /
W W
|--------------||--9------------------|
|--------------||-11------------------|
|--------------||-11------------------|
|--------------||---------------------|
|--------------||---------------------|
|--------------||---------------------|
|
| E E Q H Q E E E E E E
|-13-----------||------9------------9-|
|--------------||-----11---14-11----9-|
|-10-----------||-----11------11---10-|
|--------------||-----11---11-11---11-|
|--------------||---------------------|
|--------------||---------------------|
C# E
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | |
/ / / /
W W
|--9------------------|-12------------------|
|--9------------------|-12------------------|
|-10------------------|-13------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|-----9----9-11---9---|-----16---16-16---14-|
|-----9----9------9---|-----17---17-17---16-|
|----10---10--8--10---|-----16---16-16---16-|
|----11---11-----11---|-----18---18-18---16-|
|---------------------|-----19---19-19------|
|---------------------|-----19---19-19------|
B F#
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | |
/ / / /
W W
|-11-------------------|--9------------------|
|-12-------------------|-11------------------|
|-11-------------------|-11------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------14---|---------------------|
|----16--------16-16---|-----14-----------14-|
|----16---16---16-16---|-----15---18-15---13-|
|----16---16---16------|-----16------16---15-|
|---------18-----------|-----16---16-16---16-|
|----------------------|---------------------|
C# E
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | |
/ / / /
W W
|--9------------------|-12------------------|
|--9------------------|-12------------------|
|-10------------------|-13------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----16---16-16---14-|
|----14---14-16--14---|-----17---17-17---16-|
|----13---13-----13---|-----16---16-16---16-|
|----15---15-13--15---|-----18---18-18---16-|
|----16---16-----16---|-----19---19-19------|
|---------------------|-----19---19-19------|
Bridge
B F# E
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
W W +W W
|-11-------------------|--------------|----------------||-------------|
|-12-------------------|--------------|----------------||-------------|
|-11-------------------|--6-----------|--(6)-----------||-4-----------|
|----------------------|--8-----------|--(8)-----------||-6-----------|
|----------------------|--9-----------|--(9)-----------||-7-----------|
|----------------------|--------------|----------------||-------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E W +W W
|-----------------14---|-14-----------|-(14)-----------||-------------|
|----16--------16-16---|-14-----------|-(14)-----------||-------------|
|----16---16---16-16---|-15-----------|-(15)-----------||-------------|
|----16---16---16------|-16-----------|-(16)-----------||-------------|
|---------18-----------|--------------|----------------||-------------|
|----------------------|--------------|----------------||-------------|
B F# C# E
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
W W W W
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------|-6-----------|-6-----------|--4----------------------|
|-4-----------|-8-----------|-6-----------|--6----------------------|
|-6-----------|-9-----------|-8-----------|--7----------------------|
|-7-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|
| W W W H +Q +S E S
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-12-----(12)--(12)-------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-13-----(13)--(13)---11--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-14-----(14)--(14)---13--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------14--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|
B F#
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | |
/ / / /
W W
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--2-----------------|
|--------------------|--3-----------------|
|---4----------------|--4-----------------|
|---6----------------|--------------------|
|---7----------------|--------------------|
|
| +H +Q. E Q. +H E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-(11)-----(11)------|-11-----(11)--------|
|-(13)-----(13)------|-11-----(11)--------|
|-(14)-----(14)------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
D#m
Q q Q q W
| |
/ /
W E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-6-------6-------|
|--4-----------------|---7---7---7---7-|
|--------------------|-----6-------6---|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|
| Q. +H E W
|--------------------|-----------------|
|-11-----(11)--------|-----------------|
|-12-----(12)--------|-----------------|
|-13-----(13)--------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
F#
W W W Q q Q q
| |
/ /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-9----------9----------|-9-------9-------|-7-------7-------|--------------|
|---10----10---10----10-|---9---9---9---9-|---8---8---8---8-|--6-----------|
|------11---------11----|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9---|--8-----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--9-----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|
| W W W W
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-14-----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-14-----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-15-----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-16-----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
Outro
C# B C# F#
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
W W W W
|------------------|--------------|-----------------||---9------------------|
|------------------|--4-----------|-----------------||o-11------------------|
|--6---------------|--4-----------|--6--------------||--11------------------|
|--6---------------|--6-----------|--6--------------||----------------------|
|--8---------------|--------------|--8--------------||o---------------------|
|------------------|--------------|-----------------||----------------------|
|
| H E E E E W H Q E E Q E E E E E E
|-13-----14---16---|-11-----------|-13-----14--16---||----------------------|
|-14---------------|-12-----------|-----------------||o-----14---14------14-|
|-13-----11---13---|-13-----------|-10-----11--13---||------15------15---13-|
|-15---------------|--------------|-----------------||------16---11-16---15-|
|------------------|--------------|-----------------||o-----16------16---16-|
|------------------|--------------|-----------------||----------------------|
C# E B
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
W W W
|--9------------------|-12------------------|-11--------------------||
|--9------------------|-12------------------|-12-------------------o||
|-10------------------|-13------------------|-11--------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|
| E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----16---16-16---14-|-----------------14----||
|----14---14-16--14---|-----17---17-17---16-|----16--------16-16---o||
|----13---13-----13---|-----16---16-16---16-|----16---16---16-16----||
|----15---15-13--15---|-----18---18-18---16-|----16---16---16-------||
|----16---16-----16---|-----19---19-19------|---------18-----------o||
|---------------------|-----19---19-19------|-----------------------||
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths Your last visited songs
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