Paul McCartney – Midnight Special Chords on Piano & Ukulele

[Intro] (spoken)
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(instrumental)
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Okay, this song is about a train
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A train that ran past the jailhouse,
and legend had it
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That if the light from
this train shone on you
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You would be released
from the jailhouse ...

[Verse 1]
D                       G
 I wake up early in the mo-orning,
G                     D
 I hear the ding-dong ding,
D                    A
 Come walking to the ta-ble,
A                    D
 I see the same damn thing
                        G
Knife and fork upon the ta-ble,
G                     D
piece of paper in m-y hand
D                 A
Nothing I can do about it,
A                            D
what is the trouble with the man

[Chorus]
                 G
Let the midnight spe-cial,
G                 D
 shine a light on me
D                 A
 Let the midnight spe-cial,
A                 A ½
 shine it's ever loving
           D
 light on me Yeah

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[Verse 2]
D                        G
Well If you ever been to Nash-ville,
G                 D
   you better act right
D                A
  You better not gam-ble,
A                     D
  and a you better not fight
               G
Sheriff will arrest you,
                    D
and he'll carry you down
D                         A
 But if the jury vote you gui-lty,
                     D
 you are a 'tentiary bound

[Chorus]
                 G
Let the midnight spe-cial,
G                 D
 shine a light on me-e
D                 A
 Let the midnight spe-cial,
A                       A ½
 shine it's ever loving light
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 on me-e-e  Ohoooo

[Instrumental]
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| A | % | D |
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| A | % | D | D |
            (stop)

[Verse 3]
D                      G
I Wake up early in the mor-ning,
G                    D
I hear the ding-dong di-ing
D                   A
I go walking to the ta-ble,
A                    D
 I see the same damn thing
                        G
Knife and fork upon the ta-ble,
G                     D
 piece of paper in my ha-and
D                         A
There's nothing I can do about it,
A                          D
 I get in trouble with the man

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[Chorus]
                 N.C. (a cappella)
Let the midnight spe-cial, shine a
light on me-e-eee
                 N.C. (a cappella)
Let the midnight spe-cial,
shine it's ever lover light on me
                 N.C. (a cappella)
Let the midnight spe-cial,
shine it's light on meee Oh Yeah
                 N.C. (a cappella)
Let the midnight spe-cial,
shine it's ever loving light on me

[Chorus]
                 G
Let the midnight spe-cial,
G                    D
 shine it's light on meeee
D                 A
 Let the midnight spe-cial,
 A                       A ½      D
  shine it's ever loving light on me
                    G
Oh Let the midnight spe-cial,
G                D
shine a light on me
                    A
Oh Let the midnight spe-cial,
A                      A ½
 shine is til a loving light
   D        D   D
 on me-e Ohoo