Midnight Train chords by The Washboard Union

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro-Chorus: (+/- 00:30, ATTENTION, with a capella = No Chords)
      A augmentedA      A augmentedA    D MajorD        A augmentedA
And I'll be riding that midnight train when it's leavin',
    A augmentedA   A augmentedA   E MajorE    E MajorE
I'll be going away to stay.
     A augmentedA     A augmentedA        D MajorD     A augmentedA
I always wanted to know where that engine did go,
   A augmentedA      E MajorE   A augmentedA   A augmentedA
gonna go where it goes today.

Verse 1:
    A augmentedA     A augmentedA    D MajorD    A augmentedA
I have been all around my old home town,
   A augmentedA       A augmentedA    E MajorE    E MajorE
I've searched everywhere I know.
   A augmentedA      A augmentedA      D MajorD      A augmentedA
But I can't find a trace of my girl in this place,
      A augmentedA     E MajorE   A augmentedA   A augmentedA
so, there's nothing to do but go.

Chorus:
      A augmentedA      A augmentedA    D MajorD        A augmentedA
And I'll be riding that midnight train when it's leavin',
    A augmentedA   A augmentedA   E MajorE    E MajorE
I'll be going away to stay.
     A augmentedA     A augmentedA        D MajorD     A augmentedA
I always wanted to know where that engine did go,
   A augmentedA      E MajorE   A augmentedA   A augmentedA
gonna go where it goes today.

Verse 2:
    A augmentedA       A augmentedA       D MajorD      A augmentedA
Oh, she said she'd be true till the fighting was through,
      A augmentedA    A augmentedA      E MajorE    E MajorE
that she'd wait for me till the end.
       A augmentedA    A augmentedA      D MajorD       A augmentedA
But as she's proven untrue and our sweet love is through,
    A augmentedA       E MajorE   A augmentedA   A augmentedA
now I'm catching that train again.

Chorus:
      A augmentedA      A augmentedA    D MajorD        A augmentedA
And I'll be riding that midnight train when it's leavin',
    A augmentedA   A augmentedA   E MajorE    E MajorE
I'll be going away to stay.
     A augmentedA     A augmentedA        D MajorD     A augmentedA
I always wanted to know where that engine did go,
   A augmentedA      E MajorE   A augmentedA   A augmentedA
gonna go where it goes today.

Interlude:
A augmentedA     | A augmentedA     | D MajorD     | A augmentedA     |
A augmentedA     | A augmentedA     | E MajorE     | E MajorE     |
A augmentedA     | A augmentedA     | D MajorD     | A augmentedA     |
A augmentedA     | E MajorE     | A augmentedA     | A augmentedA     ||

Verse 3:
     A augmentedA       A augmentedA       D MajorD        A augmentedA
When she hears that old song, will she know that she's wrong
     A augmentedA     A augmentedA    E MajorE    E MajorE
when I'm leaving my old hometown.
  A augmentedA        A augmentedA      D MajorD      A augmentedA
She said that she'd wait just to be my sweet maid,
A augmentedA    E MajorE      A augmentedA   A augmentedA
laid my heart to the ground.

Chorus:
      A augmentedA      A augmentedA    D MajorD        A augmentedA
And I'll be riding that midnight train when it's leavin',
    A augmentedA   A augmentedA   E MajorE    E MajorE
I'll be going away to stay.
     A augmentedA     A augmentedA        D MajorD     A augmentedA
I always wanted to know where that engine did go,
   A augmentedA      E MajorE   A augmentedA   A augmentedA
gonna go where it goes today.

Interlude:
A augmentedA     | A augmentedA     | D MajorD     | A augmentedA     |
A augmentedA     | A augmentedA     | E MajorE     | E MajorE     |
A augmentedA     | A augmentedA     | D MajorD     | A augmentedA     |
A augmentedA     | E MajorE     | A augmentedA     | A augmentedA     ||

Verse 4:
   A augmentedA       A augmentedA       D MajorD     A augmentedA
I've seen that old train pulling out in the rain,
   A augmentedA         A augmentedA     E MajorE    E MajorE
I've seen her with the stars up above.
    A augmentedA      A augmentedA       D MajorD      A augmentedA
Like a hound on the trail, hell it carries the mail,
  A augmentedA    E MajorE      A augmentedA   A augmentedA
to take me away from my love.

Chorus:
      A augmentedA      A augmentedA    D MajorD        A augmentedA
And I'll be riding that midnight train when it's leavin',
    A augmentedA   A augmentedA   E MajorE    E MajorE
I'll be going away to stay.
     A augmentedA     A augmentedA        D MajorD     A augmentedA
I always wanted to know where that engine did go,
   A augmentedA      E MajorE   A augmentedA   A augmentedA
gonna go where it goes today.

End-Chorus:
      A augmentedA      A augmentedA    D MajorD        A augmentedA
And I'll be riding that midnight train when it's leavin',
    A augmentedA   A augmentedA   E MajorE    E MajorE
I'll be going away to stay.
     A augmentedA     A augmentedA        D MajorD     A augmentedA
I always wanted to know where that engine did go,
   A augmentedA      E MajorE   A augmentedA   A augmentedA
gonna go where it goes today,
     A augmentedA      E MajorE   A augmentedA E MajorE   A augmentedA
I'm gonna go where it goes today.