Mr. Midnight Garth Brooks
MR. MIDNIGHT by GARTH BROOKS
To be found on the CD : Scarecrow
Written By J.R. Cobb, Buddy Buie and Tom Douglas
Transcription by BahramK@gmx.de
Comments welcome
Don't get scared when you look at the chords ... they're not as tough as the
look :-)
Intro : Em - - - Em - - - Em - - - Em - - -
Verse 1 :
[Cmaj7]Rain on the roof[B7] 'n time on my [B]hands,[Em]it sure seemed quiet out there'n [G7]radio land
They call me at the [C]all-night station, make their [Cm]special dedications
And [G]I do my best to [D/F#]play their request, when it's a [Em]desperate sit[G7/D]uation
C D4___D
This was a desperate situation
Refrain :
G/B C D4___D
I'm Mr. Midnight alone and blue
The brokenhe[G]arted call me[D/F#] up when they don't [Em]know what else to [G7/D]do
C D D6/D# Em___G7
Every song is a reminder, of the love that they once knew
I'm Mr. M[C]idnight, [D4] can I p[D]lay a song for you?
Fill : Em - - - Em - - -
Verse 2 :
[Cmaj7]"Caller on the line,[B7] could you plea[B]se hold on?"
[Em]I recognized her voice the [G7]minute I picked up the phone
Should I [C]tell her that it's me or leave it [Cm]at a memory
Haven't [G]been myself since the [D/F#]day she left and I'm [Em]never gonna[G7/D] be,
C D4___D
I'm forever gonna be
Refrain :
G/B C D4___D
Mr. Midnight alone and blue
The brokenhe[G]arted call me[D/F#] up when they don't [Em]know what else to [G7/D]do
C D D6/D# Em___G7
Every song is a reminder, of the love that they once knew
I'm Mr. M[C]idnight, [D4] can I p[D]lay a song for you?
Fill : Em - - - Em - - -
Bridge :
[Cmaj7]Imagine my surprise[B7] when she spo[B]ke my name
[Em]She said could you tell him that I love him and I wish t[G7]hings could be the same?
Then a [C]voice I never knew, said "Honey, [Cm]who you talking to?" - Pause -
Refrain :
G/B C D4___D
Mr. Midnight alone and blue
The brokenhe[G]arted call me[D/F#] up when they don't [Em]know what else to [G7/D]do
Every [C]song is a reminder, of the [D]love that [D6/D#]they once kn[Em]ew[G7]
I'm Mr. M[C]idnight, [D4] can I p[D]lay a song for you?
Outro : Em - - - Em - - - Em - - - Em -> Upstroke
Comments :
If you play this song on a guitar only, then you should better play a standard
G7 instead of the G7/D chord, because it's easier to play and sounds better this
way, even though in the original recording the bass is playing a D at this part.
Additional Chords :
[Cmaj7] [Cm] [B7] [G7] [G7/D] [G/B]
e 0 --- e 3 -- --- e 2 -x- e 1 x-- e 1 x-- e 3 --x b 0 --- b 4 -- x-- b 0 --- b 0 --- b 0 --- b 3 --x g 0 --- g 5 -- -x- g 2 -x- g 0 --- g 0 --- g 0 --- D 2 -x- D 5 -- -x- D 1 x-- D 0 --- D 0 --- D 0 --- A 3 --x A 3 -- --- A 2 -x- A 2 -x- A x --- A 2 -x- E x --- E x ------ E x --- E 3 --x E x --- E x ---
[D/F#] [D4] [D6/D#] [B]
e 2 -x- e 3 --x e 2 -x- e 2 - --- b 3 --x b 3 --x b 0 --- b 4 - - - g 2 -x- g 2 -x- g 2 -x- g 4 - - - D 0 --- D 0 --- D 1 x-- D 4 - - - A x --- A x --- A x --- A 2 - --- E 2 -x- E x --- E x --- E x -----
Additional Tabulature :
Even though this is a piano song, you can do a nice fingerpicking on the guitar
on it to make it sound like the original recording. This is what I figured out
to make it sound the best for me :
The Em parts can be played like the following. The piano melody is built into
this picking :
e -0-------0-3-0---5-------7------- -0-------0-3-0---5-------3------- b -0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0--- -0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0--- g --------------------------------- --------------------------------- D --------------------------------- --------------------------------- A --------------------------------- --------------------------------- E -0---------------0--------------- -0---------------0---------------
[Em] [Em]
Play this two times during the Intro and repeat it through the Fills and the
Outro.
The fingerpicking through the rest of the song could be something like this :
e -----------------0--------------- --------------------------------- b -0-------0-------0-------0------- -0-------0-------4-------4------- g -0-------0---------------0------- -2-------2-------4-------4------- D -----2-------2---------------2--- -----1---------------4----------- A -3-------------------3----------- -2-----------2---2-----------2--- E --------------------------------- ---------------------------------
[Cmaj7] [B7] [B]
Rain on the roof Time on my hands
Continue this type of fingerpicking throughout the rest of the song.
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