Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee - Midnight Special Chords

_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ [F] Let the midnight [Bb]
special shine a [F] light on me.
Let the [G] midnight [F] special shine a loving light on [Gm] me.
[Bb] Now come Miss Ruthie, [F] find me what do you know.
Well I know [G] I've got a paper [C] [Fm] and a [F] press to hold.
On [Bb] my right arm on my shoulder, piece [F] of paper in my hand.
Which you gonna [G] see the [Fm] girl, after the lease [Am] of my hand.
[Bb] Let the midnight special shine a [Fm] light on me.
Let the [G] midnight special [C] [F] shine a loving light on [G] me.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
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_ [F] _ _ When you [Bb] get up in the morning, when the [F] big bell rings.
You go [G] marching to the [Fm] table, [C] [F] find the same [Am] old thing.
Ain't [Bb] no folks on the table, [Bbm] ain't [Fm] nothing in your pan.
[F] If you say [G] anything about [F] it, you have trouble with your man.
Let the [Bb] midnight special shine [Fm] a light on me.
[G] Let the midnight [Fm] special [Gm] shine a [F] loving light _ [Am] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[C] _ [Fm] on me.
If [Bb] you ever go to Houston, [F] boy you better [Gm] walk right.
[F] Well you better [G] not [Cm] [Gm] squabble, [F] and you better not [Bb] fight.
That cop will arrest you, he'll [Fm] sure take you down.
[F] You can bet your bottom dollar, _ [C] [F] you'll [A] jailhouse mount.
Let [Bb] the midnight special [Fm] shine a light on me.
Let the [G] midnight [C] special [Gm] shine a [F] loving light on [Am] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Fm] _ _
me.
When you [Bb] get up in the morning, and [Fm] the ding dong ring.
You [G] go marching to the [C] table, [F] find the same old thing.
[Am]
[Bb] Flapjacks and molasses, and that [Fm] side belly fat.
[F] If you say anything about it, then you won't get [Bb] that.
Let the midnight special shine [Fm] a light on me.
Let the midnight [G]
[Fm] special [Gm] shine a [F] loving light on me.
[Am] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Let the midnight special [F] shine a light on me.
Let the [G] midnight special [Fm] [Gm] shine a loving [Fm] light on me.
I was [Bb] standing at the station, when my [F] baby got on board.
I was [G] standing there [F] begging, darling please don't go.
When [Bb] that train was leaving, had [Fm] Mr.
Rosie inside.
_ Well I couldn't [G] do [Fm] nothing, but hang my head [Am] and cry.
[Bb] _ Let the midnight special shine a [Fm] light on me.
Let the [G] midnight special [Fm] shine a loving [F] light on [Am] me.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ Let the midnight [Bb] special shine a [F] light on me.
Let the midnight [G] special [C] shine [F] a loving light on me. _ _ _ _