Midnight Log chords by The Clash

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
Working  (G major) for the devil
Em 
You'll  (E minor) have to pay his tax
G 
That  (G major) means going to see him
Em 
Down  (E minor) among the racks
G 
Em 
A 
G 
 (G major) You do  (E minor)  (A major) his work so fine  (G major) 
Em 
Bm 
D 
He'll  (E minor)  (B minor) remem (D major) ber you

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Interlude 1

Verse 2
G 
 (G major) Worried for my friend
Em 
As he shows me  (E minor) round the flat
G 
Where  (G major) I  don't want to find him
Em 
His  (E minor) lips an' eyelids black
G 
He  (G major) don't believe my speech
Em 
That lines  (E minor) can and should be drawn
Am 
G 
Like  (A minor) if  he had a shot (G major) gun
Em 
The bar (E minor) rels would be sawn

Interlude 2

Verse 3
G 
Swal (G major) lowed by the river
Em 
Swollen  (E minor) by the rains
G 
 (G major) That leakin' ol' computer
Em 
Of  (E minor) fin gerprints and names
G 
Swim (G major) ming in the river
Em 
That  (E minor) floods the neighborhood
Am 
G 
Em 
 (A minor) I   would call  (G major) to you  (E minor) 
Bm 
D 
Bm 
D 
Em 
But  (B minor) it  would  (D major) do  (B minor) no   (D major) good  (E minor) 
A 
Em 
 (A major)  (E minor) 

Verse 4
G 
Vot (G major) ing for the law
Em 
That's the  (E minor) general occupation
G 
First  (G major) comes the public safety
Em 
Second  (E minor) comes the nation
G 
You  (G major) won't believe me now
Em 
But there's been  (E minor) some illumination
Am 
G 
The  (A minor) wisest cops have  (G major) realized
Em 
They fucked  (E minor) the operation
Bm 
D 
 (B minor)  (D major) 

Interlude 3

Verse 5
G 
 (G major) Cooking up the books
Em 
A re (E minor) spected occupation
G 
The  (G major) anchor and foundation
Em 
of  (E minor) multi- corporations
G 
 (G major) They don't believe in crime
Em 
They  (E minor) don't know that it exists
But to understand
G 
Em 
What's  (G major) right and wrong  (E minor) 
Bm 
Em 
The  (B minor) lawyers work  (E minor) in shifts

Verse 6
Em 
 (E minor) 
G 
'N speak (G major) ing of the devil
Em 
He  (E minor) ain't been seen for years
G 
'Cept  (G major) every twenty minutes
Em 
He zoom (E minor) s between me ears
G 
I  (G major) don't believe in books
Em 
But I  (E minor) read all the time
A 
G 
For ciphers  (A major) to the riddles  (G major) 
Em 
An' reasons to  (E minor) the rhymes