Tablature midnight special - LEADBELLY

          



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  From: rmoore@gate.net@gate.net (Rick Moore)

  

  Midnight Special

  by Heddie Leadbetter

  

  [E]Yonder comes Miss [A]Rosie,

  How in the world do you [E]know

  I can tell her by her [B7]apron

  & the dress that she [E]wore

  Umbrella on her [A]shoulder

  A piece of paper in her [E]hand

  I heard her tell the [B7]captain

  Turn loose my [E]man

  

  Chorus:

  

  Let the minight [A]special

  Shine it's light [E]me

  Oh let the midnight [B7]special

  Shine it's everlasting light on [E]me

  

  When you get up in the morning

  When that big bell rings

  You go marching to the table

  You see the same old thing

  Knife & fork are on the table

  Ain't nothin in my pan

  & you say a word about it

  You get in trouble with the man

  

  {Chorus}

  

  If you ever go to Houston

  Boy you'd better walk right 

  And you better not gamble

  And you better not fight

  Cuz Benson Crocker will arrest you

  & Jimmy Boone will take you down

  & you bet your bottom dollar 

  That your Sugarland bound

  

  {Chorus}

  

  Well, jumpin little Judy

  She was a mighty fine gal

  She brought jumpin

  To the whole round world

  Well, she brought it in the morning

  Just awhile before day

  Well, she brought me the news

  That my wife was dead

  

  That started me to grieven

  Whoppin, hollerin & cryin

  That started me to thinkin

  Bout my great long time

  

  {Chorus}

  

                        

  

  

   


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 Midnight special, de Leadbelly 

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