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middle of the night chords by Loudon Wainwright III

  • G

  • C

  • D

  • Am

  • Em

Intro 1
G
Verse 1
G
C
Into this pitch darkness
G
we're hurled
D
C
G
D
Where there's not a glimmer of light
G
C
G
D
It's not the end of the world
C
G
It's just the middle of the night

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Verse 2
G
C
And the blackest of flags is unfurled
G
D
C
G
D
In all this absence of light
G
C
G
It's not the end of the world good people
D
C
G
Merely the middle of the night
C
The middle
Verse 3
of the night
G
that's what this is
C
G
D
If death is the real test this is just a quiz
Am
When grey creeps through your
Em
window it will be day light
C
D
The end of this darkness is almost in
Interlude 1
sight
D
G
C
G
D
C
G
D
G
C
G
D
C
G
C
Into a ball of fear
Verse 4
G
you are curled
D
And you're holding on
C
G
D
with all of your might
G
C
G
But it's not the end of the world little sister
D
C
G
It's just the middle of the night
C
In the maelstrom of your
Verse 5
mind
G
you are swirled
D
C
You're almost down the
G
D
drain but not quite
G
C
G
It's not the end of the world my brother
D
C
G
Rather the middle of the night
Verse 6
G
C
The middle of the night when you
G
fear everything
C
G
But the birds will awake soon you will
D
hear them sing
Am
You doubted you'd make it
Em
not sure you'd survive
C
Now you're dead tired
D
you're still alive
Verse 7
G
C
Around fate's fickle finger
G
we're twirled
D
C
G
D
Small wonder we're all so up tight
G
C
But it's not the end of the
G
D
world good people
C
Merely the middle of the night
G
C
No it's not the end of the
G
D
world as we know it
C
G
It's just the middle of the night
Outro 1
G
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