Midnight Special Chords

G C# G# F# B A D E D# Chords for THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL - Lonnie Donegan with song key, BPM, capo transposer, play along with guitar, piano, ukulele & mandolin. THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Traditional; arranged by by John Fogerty performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival tab transcribed by Collins Crapo (initially, single, slow strums of each chord) Verse D G Well, you wake up in the mornin' D You hear the work bell ring A7 And they march you to the table D You see the same old thing G Ain't no food upon the table D And no fork up in the pan A7 But you'd. Important: The song above is NOT stored on the Chordie server.The original song is hosted at www.azchords.com.Chordie works as a search engine and provides on-the-fly formatting. Chordie does not index songs against artists'/composers' will.

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The solo guitar tab (chord melody) for “Midnight Special” is available for download as a PDF. The arrangement of the song is in the style of Travis Picking.

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Midnight Special Chords Lyrics

“Midnight Special” was first commercially recorded in 1926 by Dave “Pistol Pete” Cutrell. In 1934, Lead Belly recorded a version of the song.

According to John and Alan Lomax in their book, Best Loved American Folk Songs “Midnight Special” was about a train, The Midnight Special, that passed by a prison in Louisiana. The superstition was that if the “ever-loving/ever-living light” of the train shined on you, it meant you would soon be free.

The video below demonstrates the solo guitar arrangement of “Midnight Special.”

Midnight Special – Guitar Tab

In this solo guitar arrangement of “Midnight Special” I used an alternating bass line in the style of Travis Picking. For more information on this technique see Two Travis Picking Patterns.

It’s always good to be able to play the chords and melody first before attempting a solo arrangement. I’ve included chord diagrams and the melody is the high notes notated on the tablature.

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Midnight Special – Lyrics

Midnight Special Chords Johnny Rivers

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The lyrics were first recorded in print by Howard Odum in 1905.

Midnight Special Chords

For more information about the history and lyrics of “Midnight Special” we the Wikipedia article on the subject here.

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