I'll Meet You At Midnight chords by Smokie (Official Version)

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Intro 1

F#m

Verse 1
F#m 
Bm 
A summer evening on Les Champs Elyses
F#m 
A secret rendezvous they planned for days
E 
F#m 
Bm 
A sea of faces in a crowded cafe,
F#m 
A sound of laughter as the music plays
E 
F#m 

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Interlude 1

F#m

Verse 2
F#m 
Bm 
Jean Claude was a student at the University,
F#m 
Louise Marie is just a world away
F#m 
He    recall the night they met
Bm 
was warm with laughter,
F#m 
The words were music as she turned away

Chorus 1
E 
F#m 
I'll meet you at midnight,
E 
F#m 
Under the moonlight,
E 
F#m 
I'll meet you at midnight,
But Jean Claude, Louise Marie
Bm 
F#m 
will never be...

Solo 1

F#m

Verse 3
F#m 
Each cigarette would light
Bm 
a thousand faces,
Each hour that pass
F#m 
seem like a thousand years
F#m 
Bm 
Midnight was turning into empty spaces
F#m 
The sound of laughter disappeared

Chorus 2
E 
F#m 
I'll meet you at midnight,
E 
F#m 
Under the moonlight,
E 
F#m 
I'll meet you at midnight,
But Jean Claude, Louise Marie
Bm 
F#m 
will never be...

Solo 2

F#m

Verse 4
F#m 
Bm 
A summer morning on Les Champs Elyses,
F#m 
The empty table in the street cafe
F#m 
The sunlight melting
Bm 
through an open doorway,
F#m 
Jean Claude has left to face another day

Chorus 3
E 
F#m 
I'll meet you at midnight,
E 
F#m 
Under the moonlight,
E 
F#m 
I'll meet you at midnight...
E 
F#m 
I'll meet you at midnight,
E 
F#m 
Under the moonlight,
E 
F#m 
I'll meet you at midnight,
But Jean Claude, Louise Marie
Bm 
will never be...

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: F# minorBPM: 128

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
F#m: 2-4-4-2-2-2
Bm: x-2-4-4-3-x

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This is the definitive original version of I'll Meet You At Midnight by Smokie, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of F# minor. It suits players who want to learn I'll Meet You At Midnight the way Smokie intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.