Midnight train chords by Charlie Daniels Band

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Intro 1

Verse 1

Midnight train,

roll on

Midnight train, roll on

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Verse 2

Clear them tracks and keep

that whistle blowin

Take this stranger on to Santa Fe

It seems like romance and danger

Fol low this here tall dark stranger

all along the way

Verse 3
D 
Well the train was rumblin through
the night heading south to Santa Fe
C 
And in a fancy car, with a private bar,
and a personal valet
G 
There was a bunch of cold eyed
Bb 
men a sittin at a poker table
D 
Bettin hot stakes all around

Verse 4
D 
Ole Louisiana Lou had a knife in his shoe,
was dealin' a hand of cards
C 
And ole Stagger Lee Crocket had a gun in his pocket,
was sweatin bettin hard
G 
And over in the corner this Mexican guy with
Bb 
D 
two gold teeth and a patch on his eye
Took a long hard look around

Verse 5
D 
And then the door flew open,
the stranger walked in and said don't ya'll get excited
C 
G 
C 
I know this here's a private game,
G 
and I know I wasn't invited
D 
G 
D 
But I got a roll that'd choke a mule
Bb 
I'm just about a big enough
D 
fool to lay it all right down

Verse 6
G 
And everybody nodded as
D 
the stranger took his seat
G 
He knew this bunch of cutthroat's would
D 
be mighty hard to beat
G 
As the stranger knew then the toughest
D 
two by far were where he sat
C 
Was a pot belly fellow from south Alabama,
D 
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and a dude in a black felt hat
D 
Midnight

Verse 7

Train, roll on

Midnight Train, roll on

Well clear them tracks

Verse 8
and
keep that whistle blowin
C# 
D 
Take this stranger on to Santa Fe
G 
It seems like romance and danger
A 
Bb 
A 
Follow this here tall dark stranger
D 
C# 
D 
C# 
D 
all along the way

Verse 9
D 
Well the stranger sat down he looked
A 
D 
around at all them evil faces
C 
And the pot- belly fellow drew a pair of queens,
but the stranger he drew aces
G 
And he kept on raising and pushin his luck,
Bb 
D 
kep t on winning like a run away truck
C# 
D 
He was giving them a beating

Verse 10
D 
And the stakes got higher than a Chinese kite,
the stranger kept getting hot
C 
D 
C 
Till every cent everybody
had was lying out in that pot
D 
G 
Then the stranger threw down a royal flush,
D 
A 
Bb 
Somebody said âHey Man,
D 
C# 
that's enough friend I   think you've been cheatin"

Verse 11
C# 
And then the stranger picked the money
D 
up and said âBoys I better runâ
C 
And then the bot- bellyed fella pulled a razor
out and somebody pulled a gun
G 
They said âYou may think
you're a sly old fox,
A 
D 
Bb 
D 
You're gonna leave here in a long pine box
C# 
D 
C# 
D 
If you don't leave that money alone"

Verse 12
D 
Just about then the lights went out,
and they all started fussin
And the lights came on, the stranger was gone,
they all started cussin
G 
And they searched that
train from front to rear
D 
Bb 
The stranger he done disappeared,
D 
and all their money was gone
G 
When the

Verse 13
train pulled in the station,
D 
with the whistle blowin loud
G 
A telegram was waitin,
D 
from the stranger for the crowd
G 
Said âThank you for the money boys,
D 
but don't feel too outdone
C 
Cause It takes a dog to know a dog
A 
I'm a howlin son of a gun.

Verse 14

Midnight Train, roll on

Verse 15
C 
G 
Well clear them tracks and keep
that whistle blowin
D 
C# 
D 
Take this stranger on to Santa Fe
G 
D 
G 
It seems like romance and danger
Bb 
Follow this here tall dark stranger
D 
all along the way