Mr. Midnight Garth Brooks
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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