Chords for Midnight Sun - Al Jarreau
Tempo:
102.4 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F
Ab
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[G]
[C]
[Gm] [G] [Gm]
[G] [Eb]
[D] [G] Your lips were like a [C] red and ruby chalice, [D] warmer [C] than the summer [F] night.
alabaster palace, [F] rising [Bb] to a starry [Eb] high.
own [Eb] aurora borealis, [C] [Abm] suddenly you held [Ab] me [B] tight.
saw the [Fm] midnight [Bbm] sun.
[C]
[Gm] [G] [Gm]
[G] [Eb]
[D] [G] Your lips were like a [C] red and ruby chalice, [D] warmer [C] than the summer [F] night.
alabaster palace, [F] rising [Bb] to a starry [Eb] high.
own [Eb] aurora borealis, [C] [Abm] suddenly you held [Ab] me [B] tight.
saw the [Fm] midnight [Bbm] sun.
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Ab
Eb
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] Your lips were like a [C] red and ruby chalice, [D] warmer [C] than the summer [F] night.
_ _ _ The [Bb] clouds were like an alabaster palace, [F] rising [Bb] to a starry [Eb] high.
_ _ _ [Ab] Each star its own [Eb] aurora borealis, [C] _ [Abm] suddenly you held [Ab] me [B] tight.
_ And [G] I saw the [Fm] midnight _ [Bbm] sun.
_ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] I can't explain the silver rain that found me, or was that a moon with [B] fame?
_ _ [F] _
The music [C] of the [F] universe around me, or was that a nightingale?
_ [Cm] _ _ [A] _
[Ab] And then your arms [Eb] miraculously found [C] me, [Ab] suddenly the [Eb] sky grew [Db] pale. _
I [G] could see the midnight sun.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gbm] _ Was there [Db] such a night?
_ [Em] It's a thrill _ [A] I still don't quite [B] _ _ believe.
[Bm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Gbm] But _ _ _ [A] after you were gone, _ _ [Am] there was still a summer star [Em] just on my sleeve.
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ [C] The flame of it [A] may dwindle like an ember, and the [C] stars forget [F] to shine.
_ _ [Bb] Oh, I may [F] see the meadow in December, I see white [Bbm] and _ crystalline.
[A] _ _ _ [Ab] But, oh my darling, [Cm] always I'll remember when your [Abm] lips were [Ebm] touching mine.
And [C] _
I saw the [Gm] midnight sun.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [B] _
Was there such a [Ab] night?
_ [Bm]
It's a thrill [A] I still don't [B] quite believe.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
I took a [B] sip.
_ [D] But after you were gone, _ [C] _
[D] there was still [Em] some star just on _ my sleeve.
[Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [F] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [C] The flame of it may [G] dwindle like an ember, and [Cm] the stars forget to [F] shine.
[C] _ _ [F]
Oh, I [Bb] may see the [Dm] meadow in December, I [Ab] see white [Bbm] and [A] crystalline. _ _ _
[Ab] But, oh my darling, [Eb] always I'll remember [A] when your lips [Ab] were close to [G] mine.
_ [E] And I [G] saw the midnight [Gm] sun. _ _
_ And [D] I saw [Gm] the midnight sun.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ And I [G] saw the midnight [D] sun.
_ [Gm] _
Suddenly [F] we [Eb] were flying, [B] laughing, crying, [F] cause the sun was shining bright.
[A] Happy.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] Your lips were like a [C] red and ruby chalice, [D] warmer [C] than the summer [F] night.
_ _ _ The [Bb] clouds were like an alabaster palace, [F] rising [Bb] to a starry [Eb] high.
_ _ _ [Ab] Each star its own [Eb] aurora borealis, [C] _ [Abm] suddenly you held [Ab] me [B] tight.
_ And [G] I saw the [Fm] midnight _ [Bbm] sun.
_ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] I can't explain the silver rain that found me, or was that a moon with [B] fame?
_ _ [F] _
The music [C] of the [F] universe around me, or was that a nightingale?
_ [Cm] _ _ [A] _
[Ab] And then your arms [Eb] miraculously found [C] me, [Ab] suddenly the [Eb] sky grew [Db] pale. _
I [G] could see the midnight sun.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gbm] _ Was there [Db] such a night?
_ [Em] It's a thrill _ [A] I still don't quite [B] _ _ believe.
[Bm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Gbm] But _ _ _ [A] after you were gone, _ _ [Am] there was still a summer star [Em] just on my sleeve.
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ [C] The flame of it [A] may dwindle like an ember, and the [C] stars forget [F] to shine.
_ _ [Bb] Oh, I may [F] see the meadow in December, I see white [Bbm] and _ crystalline.
[A] _ _ _ [Ab] But, oh my darling, [Cm] always I'll remember when your [Abm] lips were [Ebm] touching mine.
And [C] _
I saw the [Gm] midnight sun.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [B] _
Was there such a [Ab] night?
_ [Bm]
It's a thrill [A] I still don't [B] quite believe.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
I took a [B] sip.
_ [D] But after you were gone, _ [C] _
[D] there was still [Em] some star just on _ my sleeve.
[Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [F] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [C] The flame of it may [G] dwindle like an ember, and [Cm] the stars forget to [F] shine.
[C] _ _ [F]
Oh, I [Bb] may see the [Dm] meadow in December, I [Ab] see white [Bbm] and [A] crystalline. _ _ _
[Ab] But, oh my darling, [Eb] always I'll remember [A] when your lips [Ab] were close to [G] mine.
_ [E] And I [G] saw the midnight [Gm] sun. _ _
_ And [D] I saw [Gm] the midnight sun.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ And I [G] saw the midnight [D] sun.
_ [Gm] _
Suddenly [F] we [Eb] were flying, [B] laughing, crying, [F] cause the sun was shining bright.
[A] Happy.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _