Chords for Willie Watson "Midnight Special"
Tempo:
133.45 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
C#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
[Em]
[B]
[G#] I yonder come the mess of Rosie.
[Em]
[E]
[B] How in the [E] world do you know?
[B] Well, I know [Bm] her by her [E] apron
[F#] And [C#m] the dress [B] she wore, umbrella [G] on her shoulder
[G#m] [E]
[Em] A piece of paper [B] in her hand
Well, she's gone [C#m] to see the governor
[F#] The time to loosen [B] my man left me not [E] special
Shining his light on [B] me
Left me not [C#]
[C#m] special
[F#] Shining [D] his lovely light [Bm] on me
Now when he [G] gets up in the [B] morning
[E]
When that big [B] bell rings
He go marchin' to the [C#] table
[F#] And it's the same [B] damn thing
Knives and forks are on the [E] table
[N] Ain't nothin' in my pan
[C] [G#m] You say anything [C#] about [F#] it
Have trouble [B] with the man left me [E] not special
Shining his light on [B] me
Left me not [C#m] special
[F#] Shining his lovely light [B] on me
Well, jumpin' [E] little Judy
She was a mighty [B] fine gal
And Judy [C#] brought [C#m] [F#] jumpin'
To this whole round
[B] Well, she brought [E] it in the morning
Just right before [B] day
She brought [C#m] me the [F#] news
That my wife [B] was dead
Which started [E] me to creep in
I got
[B] [C#]
to hurry
[F#] Found it very [B] long time
Left me [E] not special
Shining his light [B] on me
Left me [C#] not special
[F#] Shining his lovely [B] light on me
Left me not [E] special
Shining his light [B] on me
Left me [C#] not special
[F#] Shining his lovely light [B] on me
[D#] So [A#] if you [F#] ever go
To [E] the storm
[D#] Boys, you better walk [B] right
[G#] And you better not [D#m] stagger
[C#] [F#]
[B] And you better not fight
[A#] Sheriff [E] Rockston will arrest [A#] you
[E]
The telephone [B] will take you down
And you can bet your [C#] bottom
[F#] Your [B] penitentiary bound
Left me not [E]
special
Shining his light [B] on me
Left me not [C#]
special
[F#] Shining his lovely light [B] on me
Left [E] me not special
Shining [B] his light on me
Left me not [C#] special
[F#] Shining his lovely [E] light on [B] me
[Gm] [B]
[N]
[Dm] Alright everybody, thank [N] you so much, I really loved it.
Steve Rath and Helen Roth, let me out, I'm sure I'll be here shortly.
Thank you.
[D#]
[Em]
[B]
[G#] I yonder come the mess of Rosie.
[Em]
[E]
[B] How in the [E] world do you know?
[B] Well, I know [Bm] her by her [E] apron
[F#] And [C#m] the dress [B] she wore, umbrella [G] on her shoulder
[G#m] [E]
[Em] A piece of paper [B] in her hand
Well, she's gone [C#m] to see the governor
[F#] The time to loosen [B] my man left me not [E] special
Shining his light on [B] me
Left me not [C#]
[C#m] special
[F#] Shining [D] his lovely light [Bm] on me
Now when he [G] gets up in the [B] morning
[E]
When that big [B] bell rings
He go marchin' to the [C#] table
[F#] And it's the same [B] damn thing
Knives and forks are on the [E] table
[N] Ain't nothin' in my pan
[C] [G#m] You say anything [C#] about [F#] it
Have trouble [B] with the man left me [E] not special
Shining his light on [B] me
Left me not [C#m] special
[F#] Shining his lovely light [B] on me
Well, jumpin' [E] little Judy
She was a mighty [B] fine gal
And Judy [C#] brought [C#m] [F#] jumpin'
To this whole round
[B] Well, she brought [E] it in the morning
Just right before [B] day
She brought [C#m] me the [F#] news
That my wife [B] was dead
Which started [E] me to creep in
I got
[B] [C#]
to hurry
[F#] Found it very [B] long time
Left me [E] not special
Shining his light [B] on me
Left me [C#] not special
[F#] Shining his lovely [B] light on me
Left me not [E] special
Shining his light [B] on me
Left me [C#] not special
[F#] Shining his lovely light [B] on me
[D#] So [A#] if you [F#] ever go
To [E] the storm
[D#] Boys, you better walk [B] right
[G#] And you better not [D#m] stagger
[C#] [F#]
[B] And you better not fight
[A#] Sheriff [E] Rockston will arrest [A#] you
[E]
The telephone [B] will take you down
And you can bet your [C#] bottom
[F#] Your [B] penitentiary bound
Left me not [E]
special
Shining his light [B] on me
Left me not [C#]
special
[F#] Shining his lovely light [B] on me
Left [E] me not special
Shining [B] his light on me
Left me not [C#] special
[F#] Shining his lovely [E] light on [B] me
[Gm] [B]
[N]
[Dm] Alright everybody, thank [N] you so much, I really loved it.
Steve Rath and Helen Roth, let me out, I'm sure I'll be here shortly.
Thank you.
[D#]
Key:
B
E
F#
C#
C#m
B
E
F#
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] I yonder come the mess of Rosie.
[Em] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] How in the [E] world do you know?
[B] _ _ _ _ _ Well, I know [Bm] her by her [E] apron
_ _ [F#] And [C#m] the dress [B] she wore, umbrella [G] on her _ shoulder
[G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ A piece of paper [B] in her hand
_ _ _ Well, she's gone [C#m] to see the governor
[F#] _ The time to loosen [B] my man left me not [E] special
_ _ Shining his light on [B] me
_ _ _ Left me not [C#] _
[C#m] special
_ [F#] _ Shining [D] his lovely light [Bm] on me
Now when he [G] gets up in the [B] morning
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ When that big [B] bell rings
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
He go marchin' to the _ [C#] table _
[F#] And it's the same [B] damn thing
Knives and forks are on the [E] table _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] Ain't nothin' in my pan
[C] _ _ _ [G#m] You say anything [C#] about _ [F#] it
Have trouble [B] with the man left me [E] not special
_ _ Shining his light on [B] _ me
_ _ Left me not [C#m] _ special
_ [F#] _ Shining his lovely light [B] on me
Well, jumpin' [E] little Judy
_ _ She was a mighty [B] fine gal
_ _ _ And Judy [C#] brought _ [C#m] _ [F#] jumpin'
To this whole round
[B] Well, she brought [E] it in the morning _ _
Just right before [B] day _ _
She brought [C#m] me the _ _ [F#] news
That my wife [B] was dead
Which started [E] me to creep _ in
I got _
[B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
to hurry
_ [F#] Found it very [B] long time
Left me [E] not _ special
_ _ Shining his light [B] on me
_ _ Left me [C#] not _ special
[F#] _ _ Shining his lovely [B] light on me
Left me not [E] _ special _
_ Shining his light [B] on _ me
_ Left me [C#] not _ special
[F#] _ _ Shining his lovely _ light [B] on _ _ me _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] So _ [A#] _ _ if you [F#] ever go
To [E] the storm _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] Boys, you better walk [B] right _ _ _
[G#] And you better not [D#m] stagger
[C#] _ [F#] _
[B] And you better not fight
[A#] Sheriff [E] Rockston will arrest [A#] you
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The telephone [B] will take you down
_ _ And you can bet your [C#] bottom
_ _ _ [F#] Your _ [B] penitentiary bound
Left me not [E] _
special
_ _ Shining his light [B] on me
_ _ _ Left me not [C#] _
special
_ [F#] _ Shining his lovely light [B] on me
Left [E] me not special _
Shining _ [B] his light on me _
_ Left me not [C#] _ special
[F#] _ _ Shining his lovely [E] light on [B] me _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ Alright everybody, thank [N] you so much, I really loved it.
Steve Rath and Helen Roth, let me out, I'm sure I'll be here shortly.
Thank you.
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] I yonder come the mess of Rosie.
[Em] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] How in the [E] world do you know?
[B] _ _ _ _ _ Well, I know [Bm] her by her [E] apron
_ _ [F#] And [C#m] the dress [B] she wore, umbrella [G] on her _ shoulder
[G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ A piece of paper [B] in her hand
_ _ _ Well, she's gone [C#m] to see the governor
[F#] _ The time to loosen [B] my man left me not [E] special
_ _ Shining his light on [B] me
_ _ _ Left me not [C#] _
[C#m] special
_ [F#] _ Shining [D] his lovely light [Bm] on me
Now when he [G] gets up in the [B] morning
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ When that big [B] bell rings
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
He go marchin' to the _ [C#] table _
[F#] And it's the same [B] damn thing
Knives and forks are on the [E] table _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] Ain't nothin' in my pan
[C] _ _ _ [G#m] You say anything [C#] about _ [F#] it
Have trouble [B] with the man left me [E] not special
_ _ Shining his light on [B] _ me
_ _ Left me not [C#m] _ special
_ [F#] _ Shining his lovely light [B] on me
Well, jumpin' [E] little Judy
_ _ She was a mighty [B] fine gal
_ _ _ And Judy [C#] brought _ [C#m] _ [F#] jumpin'
To this whole round
[B] Well, she brought [E] it in the morning _ _
Just right before [B] day _ _
She brought [C#m] me the _ _ [F#] news
That my wife [B] was dead
Which started [E] me to creep _ in
I got _
[B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
to hurry
_ [F#] Found it very [B] long time
Left me [E] not _ special
_ _ Shining his light [B] on me
_ _ Left me [C#] not _ special
[F#] _ _ Shining his lovely [B] light on me
Left me not [E] _ special _
_ Shining his light [B] on _ me
_ Left me [C#] not _ special
[F#] _ _ Shining his lovely _ light [B] on _ _ me _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] So _ [A#] _ _ if you [F#] ever go
To [E] the storm _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#] Boys, you better walk [B] right _ _ _
[G#] And you better not [D#m] stagger
[C#] _ [F#] _
[B] And you better not fight
[A#] Sheriff [E] Rockston will arrest [A#] you
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The telephone [B] will take you down
_ _ And you can bet your [C#] bottom
_ _ _ [F#] Your _ [B] penitentiary bound
Left me not [E] _
special
_ _ Shining his light [B] on me
_ _ _ Left me not [C#] _
special
_ [F#] _ Shining his lovely light [B] on me
Left [E] me not special _
Shining _ [B] his light on me _
_ Left me not [C#] _ special
[F#] _ _ Shining his lovely [E] light on [B] me _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ Alright everybody, thank [N] you so much, I really loved it.
Steve Rath and Helen Roth, let me out, I'm sure I'll be here shortly.
Thank you.
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _