CHORDS: Paul McCartney – Midnight Special Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are the chords for Midnight Special by Paul McCartney on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro] (spoken)
| D | % | % | % |
(instrumental)
| D | % | % | % |
Okay, this song is about a train
| D | % | % | % |
A train that ran past the jailhouse, 
and legend had it
| D | % | G/D | % |
That if the light from 
this train shone on you
| D | % | G/D | % |
You would be released 
from the jailhouse ...

[Verse 1]
D                       G         
 I wake up early in the mo-orning, 
G                     D
 I hear the ding-dong ding,
D                    A      
 Come walking to the ta-ble, 
A                    D
 I see the same damn thing
                        G       
Knife and fork upon the ta-ble, 
G                     D
piece of paper in m-y hand
D                 A        
Nothing I can do about it, 
A                            D
what is the trouble with the man

[Chorus]
                 G        
Let the midnight spe-cial,
G                 D
 shine a light on me
D                 A        
 Let the midnight spe-cial,  
A                 A ½   
 shine it's ever loving 
           D
 light on me Yeah

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[Verse 2]
D                        G          
Well If you ever been to Nash-ville,
G                 D
   you better act right
D                A       
  You better not gam-ble, 
A                     D
  and a you better not fight
               G         
Sheriff will arrest you, 
                    D
and he'll carry you down
D                         A        
 But if the jury vote you gui-lty, 
                     D
 you are a 'tentiary bound

[Chorus]
                 G        
Let the midnight spe-cial,
G                 D
 shine a light on me-e
D                 A        
 Let the midnight spe-cial,
A                       A ½   
 shine it's ever loving light 
  |  D  |  %  |
 on me-e-e  Ohoooo

[Instrumental]
| G | % | D | % |
| A | % | D |
| G | % | D | % |
| A | % | D | D |
            (stop)

[Verse 3]
D                      G         
I Wake up early in the mor-ning, 
G                    D
I hear the ding-dong di-ing
D                   A      
I go walking to the ta-ble,
A                    D
 I see the same damn thing
                        G      
Knife and fork upon the ta-ble,
G                     D
 piece of paper in my ha-and
D                         A       
There's nothing I can do about it,
A                          D
 I get in trouble with the man

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[Chorus]
                 N.C. (a cappella)
Let the midnight spe-cial, shine a 
light on me-e-eee
                 N.C. (a cappella)
Let the midnight spe-cial, 
shine it's ever lover light on me
                 N.C. (a cappella)
Let the midnight spe-cial, 
shine it's light on meee Oh Yeah
                 N.C. (a cappella)
Let the midnight spe-cial, 
shine it's ever loving light on me

[Chorus]
                 G         
Let the midnight spe-cial, 
G                    D
 shine it's light on meeee
D                 A         
 Let the midnight spe-cial, 
 A                       A ½      D
  shine it's ever loving light on me
                    G         
Oh Let the midnight spe-cial, 
G                D
shine a light on me
                    A        
Oh Let the midnight spe-cial,
A                      A ½   
 shine is til a loving light 
   D        D   D
 on me-e Ohoo