Chords for Burning of the Midnight Lamp (Clapton cover)
Tempo:
156 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
G
Bb
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[F]
[Bb] [Cm] [Bb]
[C]
[F]
[Bb]
[C]
[F] I'm born and I'm dead [D] and the day is through.
[B] Nothing [Gb] left here to greet me [E] but the velvet moon.
[C] All my loneliness [G] I have felt today.
[D] It's a little more than enough [F] to make a man who is trouble.
I'm going [G] to continue to burn a midnight rose.
[C]
[F]
[Bb]
[C]
[F] And the smiling portrait of you [D] still hanging on my farming [Gb] wall.
Doesn't really bother me [E] too much at all.
[C] Just the ever falling [G] dust makes it hard for me to see.
[D] I've forgotten every man on the [F] floor.
They still call me towards the door.
[G] Still I continue to burn a midnight lamp all alone.
[Bb]
[G]
[Bb]
[G]
[F] [G]
[F] [G]
[G]
[C]
[F]
[Bb] [C]
[F]
[Bb] [C] [Bb]
[C]
[F] And so I sit to [D] face that same old fireplace.
[B] Getting ready for that same old [E] explosion going through my mind.
[C] And soon enough the time will [G] tell about the circus and the wishing well.
[D] And someone who would buy himself to [F] me.
Someone who could toll my [G] bell.
Still I continue to burn a midnight lamp all alone.
[Em]
[G]
[F]
[Bb] [Cm] [Bb]
[C]
[F]
[Bb]
[C]
[F] I'm born and I'm dead [D] and the day is through.
[B] Nothing [Gb] left here to greet me [E] but the velvet moon.
[C] All my loneliness [G] I have felt today.
[D] It's a little more than enough [F] to make a man who is trouble.
I'm going [G] to continue to burn a midnight rose.
[C]
[F]
[Bb]
[C]
[F] And the smiling portrait of you [D] still hanging on my farming [Gb] wall.
Doesn't really bother me [E] too much at all.
[C] Just the ever falling [G] dust makes it hard for me to see.
[D] I've forgotten every man on the [F] floor.
They still call me towards the door.
[G] Still I continue to burn a midnight lamp all alone.
[Bb]
[G]
[Bb]
[G]
[F] [G]
[F] [G]
[G]
[C]
[F]
[Bb] [C]
[F]
[Bb] [C] [Bb]
[C]
[F] And so I sit to [D] face that same old fireplace.
[B] Getting ready for that same old [E] explosion going through my mind.
[C] And soon enough the time will [G] tell about the circus and the wishing well.
[D] And someone who would buy himself to [F] me.
Someone who could toll my [G] bell.
Still I continue to burn a midnight lamp all alone.
[Em]
[G]
Key:
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C
G
Bb
D
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_ [F] _ I'm born and I'm dead [D] _ and the day is through.
_ [B] _ Nothing [Gb] left here to greet me [E] _ but the velvet moon.
_ [C] _ _ All my _ loneliness [G] _ I have felt today.
_ [D] _ It's a little more than enough [F] to make a man who is trouble.
I'm going _ [G] _ to _ continue _ _ _ to burn a midnight rose. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ And the smiling portrait of you [D] _ still hanging on my farming [Gb] wall.
Doesn't really bother me [E] _ too much at all. _
_ [C] _ _ Just the ever falling [G] dust makes it hard for me to see.
_ [D] _ I've forgotten every man on the [F] floor.
They still call me towards the door.
[G] _ _ _ Still I continue _ to burn a midnight _ lamp _ all alone.
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_ [F] _ And so I sit to [D] face that same old _ fireplace.
[B] _ Getting ready for that same old [E] explosion going through my _ mind.
[C] _ And soon enough the time will [G] tell about the circus and the wishing well.
[D] _ And someone who would buy himself to [F] me.
_ Someone who could toll my [G] bell.
_ _ Still I continue _ _ to burn a midnight _ lamp _ _ _ all _ alone. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ I'm born and I'm dead [D] _ and the day is through.
_ [B] _ Nothing [Gb] left here to greet me [E] _ but the velvet moon.
_ [C] _ _ All my _ loneliness [G] _ I have felt today.
_ [D] _ It's a little more than enough [F] to make a man who is trouble.
I'm going _ [G] _ to _ continue _ _ _ to burn a midnight rose. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ And the smiling portrait of you [D] _ still hanging on my farming [Gb] wall.
Doesn't really bother me [E] _ too much at all. _
_ [C] _ _ Just the ever falling [G] dust makes it hard for me to see.
_ [D] _ I've forgotten every man on the [F] floor.
They still call me towards the door.
[G] _ _ _ Still I continue _ to burn a midnight _ lamp _ all alone.
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ And so I sit to [D] face that same old _ fireplace.
[B] _ Getting ready for that same old [E] explosion going through my _ mind.
[C] _ And soon enough the time will [G] tell about the circus and the wishing well.
[D] _ And someone who would buy himself to [F] me.
_ Someone who could toll my [G] bell.
_ _ Still I continue _ _ to burn a midnight _ lamp _ _ _ all _ alone. _ _ _ _ _ _
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