Bass tabs
Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
Intro:
"Ohhhhhhhh!...."
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A|---------|---------------------------------------------7-5-----------------|
E|---10/---|-0--0--3---5-----3---5--3----0--------------------5-7-5-3-5-3-0--|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------11/12--------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------10/11--------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0--0--3--5-----3---5--3----0----------------------------------------------|
"Wellllllllll....."
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E|-0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0-------------5-7-5-3-5-3-0--------------------|
Verse 1:
"Judge looked down gave me forty days"
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E|---------------------------------0h10/----0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0-----|
"Instead of the fine that I could not pay"
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E|---------------------------------0h10/----0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0-----|
"Said 'walk right you'll soon be home'"
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"Cross the line and you're on your own"
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1st Chorus:
"Forty Days..............Of shotguns and barbed wire...
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D|------------------------10-11-12---------------------------------|
A|----------9-10-11-11/12----------12----9-10-11-11/12-------------|
E|--3/10-10---------------------------10---------------0~~---------|
...fences" "Forty nights to sit and listen...to the midnight train to Memphis"
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D|-----------------------------------------------------------------9---------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------9-------9-------4-5-6-6/7-|
E|-0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0/7-7---7---7---6-5-5-----------|
Bridge: Section A
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D|-------------------------------------7-8-9---9-8-7-----------|
A|-------------------------------7h-10---------------10-7------|
E|-0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0--------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------14p13---------------14-12h13--|
D|-------------------------------12---14p12----12h14-12--------|
A|-----------------------------------------12h14---------------|
E|-0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------0--9-9--0--9-9--0--9-9-------|
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"Well now, the...." On to 2nd verse
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E|-0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0-------------5-7-5-3-5-3-0--------------------|
Verse 2:
"Whistle blows when the sun comes up"
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E|---------------------------------0h10/----0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0-----|
"Head to floor, keep your big mouth shut"
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"Eat your breakfast on the ground"
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"Work like hell 'til the sun goes down"
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2nd Chorus:
"Forty Days..............Of shotguns and barbed wire....
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D|------------------------10-11-12---------------------------------|
A|----------9-10-11-11/12----------12----9-10-11-11/12-------------|
E|--3/10-10---------------------------10---------------0~~---------|
...fences" "Forty nights to sit and listen...to the midnight train to Memphis"
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D|-----------------------------------------------------------------9---------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------9-------9-------4-5-6-6/7-|
E|-0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0/7-7---7---7---6-5-5-----------|
Bridge: Section B
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D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0-0/12---0-0/12------------------|
G|-------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-11-9--------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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E|-0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0----------------------------------------------|
Alternate rhythm in this part...
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D|----------------------------2--2--5--5--7--7--10--10--10/12--12------------|
A|----------------------------2--2--5--5--7--7--10--10--10/12--12------------|
E|-0--0--3---5-----3---5--3--------------------------------------------------|
"Well now, ten for the jury...." On to 3rd verse
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Verse 3:
"10 for the jury, 10 for the judge"
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"20 more to forget my grudge"
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"When I get to 39"
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"That's the longest day in the prisoner's mind"
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E|---------------------------------0h10/----0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0-----|
3rd Chorus:
"Forty Days..............Of shotguns and barbed wire...
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------10-11-12---------------------------------|
A|----------9-10-11-11/12----------12----9-10-11-11/12-------------|
E|--3/10-10---------------------------10---------------0~~---------|
...fences" "Forty nights to sit and listen...to the midnight train to Memphis"
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------9---------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------9-------9-------4-5-6-6/7-|
E|-0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0/7-7---7---7---6-5-5-----------|
After 3rd Chorus
Outro:
"Midnight train to Memphis"
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E|-0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0----------------------------------------0h10/-|
"Midnight train to Memphis"
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E|-0--0--3---5-----3---5--3---0----------------------------------------0h10/-|
"Ohhhh Midnight train to Memphis"
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Rhythm starts slowing down and it ends with this little run...
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