Midnight Special
Midnight Special

Midnight Special easy guitar chords by Pete Seeger

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E A D G B E

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  • G

  • D

  • C

  • F#

    2

  • C#

    4

  • B

    2

  • F

  • E#

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • F#

    2

  • C#

    4

  • B

    2

  • F

  • E#

    • Verse 1
    Let 
    the 
    Midnight 
    Spe
    cial 

    shine 
    a 
    light 
    on me 

    Oh, 
    let 
    the Midnight 
    Spe
    cial 

    shine 
    an ever 
    -loving 
    light 
    on me 

    If 
    you ever 
    go to 
    Memphis, 

    boy, 
    you better 
    walk 
    right 

    Don't 
    the police 
    will 
    arrest 
    you, 

    he 
    will carry 
    you 
    down 

    Take 
    you down 
    to the 
    station 

    with 
    a 
    gun 
    in his 
    hand 

    And 
    the 
    judge 
    will tell 
    you, 

    you've 
    been a 
    naughty 
    man 

    Let 
    the 
    midnight 
    spe
    cial 

    shine 
    a 
    light 
    on me 

    let 
    the midnight 
    spe
    cial 

    shine 
    a heaven 
    -loving 
    light 
    on me 

    Now 
    you 
    wake 
    up in the 
    morning 

    Are 
    you 
    kidding? 

    You 
    hear the 
    ding -dong 
    ring 

    You 
    go march
    ing 
    to the 
    table 

    You 
    see the 
    same damn 
    thing 

    Knife 
    and fork 
    are on 
    the 
    table 

    And 
    nothing 
    in 
    my pan 

    And 
    if you 
    say anything 
    about 
    it 

    You're 
    in trouble 
    with 
    the 
    man 

    Let the 
    midnight 
    spe
    cial 

    shine 
    a 
    light 
    on 
    me 

    Verse 2
    Let the 
    midnight 
    spe
    cial 

    shine 
    a ever 
    -loving 
    light 
    on me 

    Verse 3
    Yonder 
    come 
    Miss 
    Mary, 

    kind 
    of early 
    to know 

    For 
    I 
    know 
    her by 
    Verse 4
    her apron 

    Verse 5
    and 
    the dress 
    she 
    wore 

    Umbrel
    la 
    on her 
    shoulder, 

    piece 
    of paper 
    in 
    her 
    hand 

    Verse 6
    I'm 
    going to 
    tell 
    the 
    sheriff, 

    give me back 
    my 
    man 

    Let 
    the 
    midnight 
    spe
    cial 

    shine 
    her light 
    on me 

    I 
    don't care 

    Let 
    the 
    midnight 
    special 

    shine 
    her 
    ever 
    -loving 
    light 
    on me 

    Well, 
    you know who 
    I 
    heard this 

    song 
    first 
    from? 

    Ledbetter 

    That's 
    right 

    Oh, 
    he did 
    Ledbet
    ter 

    He 
    was 
    a mighty 
    fine 
    man 

    He'd 
    have taught 
    me this 
    song 

    an
    d 
    to the 
    whole wide 
    land 

    but 
    now he's 
    done with 

    all 
    his grieving. 

    Whooping, 
    hollering, 
    not cry
    ing. 

    Now 
    he's 
    done 
    with all 
    his studying 

    about 
    his 
    great long 
    time. 

    Let the 
    midnight 
    spe
    cial 

    shine 
    a light 
    on me. 

    Let 
    the 
    midnight 
    spe
    cial 

    shine 
    a loving 
    light 
    on me. 

    If 
    you 
    ever 
    go to 
    Houston, 

    boy, 
    you better 
    walk 
    right 

    Man, 
    you 
    better 
    not 
    stagger, 

    and 
    you better 
    not 
    fight 

    Sher
    iff 
    Brin
    son, 
    he will 
    rescue 
    you, 

    he'll 
    carry 
    you 
    down 

    And 
    if they 
    find 
    you 
    guilty, 

    boy, 
    your heart's 
    filled 
    bound 

    Let 
    the 
    midnight 
    special 

    shine 
    a light 
    on me 

    Let 
    the 
    Midnight 
    Spe
    cial 

    shine 
    an ever 
    -lovin' 
    light on 
    me 

    Let 
    the 
    Midnight 
    Spe
    cial 

    shine 
    a 
    light 
    on 
    me 

    Let 
    the 
    Midnight 
    Spe
    cial 

    shine 
    an 
    ever 
    -lovin' 
    light 
    on 
    me 

    Bravo! 
    applause 


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