Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Midnight train, roll on
Verse 2
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that whistle blowin
Verse 3
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Well the train was rumblin through
the night heading south to Santa Fe
and a personal valet
Verse 4
was dealin' a hand of cards
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And ole Stagger Lee Crocket had a gun in his pocket,
was sweatin bettin hard
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And over in the corner this Mexican guy with
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two gold teeth and a patch on his eye
Took a long hard look around
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the stranger walked in and said don't ya'll get excited
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I know this here's a private game,
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But I got a roll that'd choke a mule
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and a dude in a black felt hat
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Midnight
Verse 7
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Midnight Train, roll on
Verse 8
and
keep that whistle blowin
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Take this stranger on to Santa Fe
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Follow this here tall dark stranger
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all along the way
Verse 9
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Well the stranger sat down he looked
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around at all them evil faces
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And the pot- belly fellow drew a pair of queens,
but the stranger he drew aces
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kept on winning like a run away truck
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He was giving them a beating
Verse 10
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And the stakes got higher than a Chinese kite,
the stranger kept getting hot
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Till every cent everybody
had was lying out in that pot
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Then the stranger threw down a royal flush,
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Somebody said âHey Man,
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that's enough friend I think you've been cheatin"
Verse 11
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And then the bot- bellyed fella pulled a razor
out and somebody pulled a gun
you're a sly old fox,
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You're gonna leave here in a long pine box
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If you don't leave that money alone"
Verse 12
and they all started fussin
And the lights came on, the stranger was gone,
they all started cussin
train from front to rear
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The stranger he done disappeared,
Verse 13
train pulled in the station,
Verse 14
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Midnight Train, roll on
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Midnight Train, roll on
Verse 15
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Well clear them tracks and keep
that whistle blowin
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Take this stranger on to Santa Fe
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It seems like romance and danger
Outro 1
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