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Charley Crockett – Midnight Run Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsEm A D G E

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[Verse 1]
N.C.           Em           A
What makes a man think that he
               D
can forget about what used to be
 D              Em
Be happy with the way life is,
A                    D
not think about what once was his
 Em                 A
Whiskey drunk and under the gun
 A                G         D
I'm taking me a midnight run

[Chorus]
 Em
I'm taking me a midnight run
 A           D
I'm making another one
                Em
A thousand miles or more I'll drive
E                        A
 to where I lived when I thought
 I was alive
                   G                 A
They'll never know I was ever around
                 D
Just my shadow on the ground
             Em               A
I turn east to face the sun
                   G         D
After making me a midnight run

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[Solo]
Em  Em  A  D  D  Em  A  D  D
Em  A  D  D  Em  A  D  D  Em  A  D

[Verse 2]
 N.C                    Em
I tell you all 'cause you need
to know
 A                    D
They don't call for me to go
                     Em
I hear that voice coming
                E
'cross the miles
                 A
I got no choice but to be gone
a while
                         G
I say get in you better lock and
load
 A                   D
Don't let the wind block the road
               Em
I'll be gone but when it's done
A                    G         D
 I'm all alone on my midnight run

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[Chorus]
 Em
I'm taking me a midnight run
 A           D
I'm making another one
                 Em
A thousand miles or more I'll drive
E                        A
 to where I lived when I thought
 I was alive
                   G                A
They'll never know I was ever around
                 D
Just my shadow on the ground
             Em               A
I turn east to face the sun
                   G         D
After making me a midnight run

How to play Midnight Run: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Midnight Run by Charley Crockett on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play Midnight Run by Charley Crockett, think in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). It takes 5 chords: Em, A, D, G and E.

Listen for Em – A – D – Em (ii – V – I – ii in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is reh – soh – doh – reh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.