Midnight Special chords by Odetta

• Capo on 5th

Key: C

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

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

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

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

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

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