Midnight Special chords by Odetta

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

Key: C majorC

🎸 Verse:
             C majorC
Well, you wake up in the morning,
     A minorAm    G+G
hear the dingdong ring
           D MajorD
Ya go marchin' to the table,
          G+G
ya see the same old things
      C majorC
All on one table,
          G+G
knife, a fork and a pan
           D MajorD
And if ya say a thing about it,
              G+G
you're in trouble with the man

🎸 Chorus:
           C majorC
Oh, let the Midnight Special
          G+G
shine her light on me
         D MajorD
Let the Midnight Special
           G+G
shine her ever-lovin' light on me

🎸 Verse:
         C majorC
If you ever go to Houston,
            G+G
oh, man, ya better walk right
       D MajorD
Ya better not stagger,
               G+G
And you knows, you'd better not fight
         C majorC             G+G
The Sheriff he'll arrest you, he'll carry ya down
             D MajorD
And if the jury finds ya guilty,
          G+G
you're penitentiary boun'

🎸 Chorus:
           C majorC
Oh, let the Midnight Special
          G+G
shine her light on me
         D MajorD
Let the Midnight Special
           G+G
shine her ever-lovin' light on me

🎸 Verse:
           C majorC
"Hey onder comes Miss Rosie!"
            G+G
"How in the world do ya know "
              D MajorD
"Well, I knowed her by her apron
         G+G
and the dress she wore
         C majorC
Umbrella on her shoulder,
            G+G
a piece of paper in her han'
             D MajorD
She goes a-walkin' to the captain,
           D MajorD
said, 'Turn loose a my man!'"

🎸 Outro:
           C majorC
Oh, let the Midnight Special
          G+G
shine her light on me
         D MajorD
Let the Midnight Special
           G+G       D MajorD G+G
shine her ever-lovin' light on me