Midnight Special chords by Paul McCartney

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

½ : Half measure


Intro: (Spoken)
D   D   D   D

Verse 1:
D                       G         G                     D
 I Wake up early in the mo-orning, I hear the ding-dong ding,
D                    A      A                    D
 Come walking to the ta-ble, I see the same damn thing
                        G       G                     D
Knife and fork upon the ta-ble, piece of paper in m-y hand
D                 A        A                           D
Nothing I can do about it, what is the trouble with the man

Chorus:
                 G        G                 D
Let the midnight spe-cial, shine a light on me
D                 A        A                 A ½    D ½      D
 Let the midnight spe-cial,  shine it's ever loving light on me Yeah

Verse 2:
D                        G          G                 D
Well If you ever been to Nash-ville,   you better act right
D                A       A                     D
  You better not gam-ble, and a you better not fight
               G        D                    D
Sheriff will arrest you, and he'll carry you down
D                         A       A                    D
 But if the jury vote you gui-lty, you are a 'tentiary bound

Chorus:
                 G        G                 D
Let the midnight spe-cial, shine a light on me-e
D                 A        A                       A ½      D ½     D
 Let the midnight spe-cial, shine it's ever loving light on me-e-e  Ohoooo

Instrumental:
| D // G // | G //// | G // D // | D //// | D // A // | A //// |

| A //// | A // G // | G //// | G //// | D //// | D // A // |

| A //// | A // D // | A // D // |

Verse 3:
          D            G         G                    D
I Wake up early in the mor-ning, I hear the ding-dong di-ing
D                   A      A                    D
I go walking to the ta-ble, I see the same damn thing
                        G      G                     D
Knife and fork upon the ta-ble, piece of paper in my ha-and
D                         A       A                          D
There's nothing I can do about it, I get in trouble with the man

Outro:
                 G        G                 D
Let the midnight spe-cial, shine a light on me-e-eee
D                 A        A                      A ½      D
 Let the midnight spe-cial, shine it's ever lover light on me
                 G ½  G                        D ½  D
Let the midnight spe-cial, shine it's light on meee Oh Yeah
        D ½      A ½  A               A                    D
Let the midnight spe-cial, shine it's ever loving light on me
                 G         G                    D
Let the midnight spe-cial,  shine it's light on meeee
D                 A         A                       A ½      D
 Let the midnight spe-cial,  shine it's ever loving light on me
                    G         G                D ½
Oh Let the midnight spe-cial, shine a light on me
D             D ½      A         A                     A ½      D        D   D
   Oh Let the midnight spe-cial, shine is til a loving light on me-e Ohoo