Midnight Rambler (midi)

C - G - A (3x)

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1. Did you hear about the midnight rambler ?

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Everybody got to go.

C G D

Did you hear about the midnight rambler ?

C G A

The one that shut the kitchen door ?

C G A

2. He don't give you a hoot of warning,

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wrapped up in a black cat cloak,

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he don't go in the light of the morning,

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he split the time the cock'rel crows.

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3. Talkin' about the midnight gambler,

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the one you never seen before,

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talkin' about the midnight gambler,

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did you see him jump the garden wall ?

C G A

4. Sighin' down the wind so sadly,

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listen and you'll hear him moan !

C G A

Well, talkin' about the midnight gambler,

C G A

everybody got to go.

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C G A

5. Did you hear about the midnight rambler,

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well, honey, it's no rock 'n' roll show.

C G A

Well, I'm talkin' about the midnight gambler,

C G A

yeah, the one you never seen before. 

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5. Well, you heard about the Boston...

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it's not one of those.

C G - D

Well, talkin' 'bout the midnight……….sh...,

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the one that closed the bedroom door.

C G D

6. I'm called the hit-and-run raper in anger,

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the knife-sharpened tippie-toe...

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Or just the shoot 'em dead, brainbell jangler,

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you know, the one you never seen before.

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7. So if you ever meet the midnight rambler,

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coming down your marble hall,

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well, he's pouncing like proud black panther,

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well, you can say I, I told you so !

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8. Well, don't you listen for the midnight rambler,

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play it easy, as you go,

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I'm gonna smash down all your plate glass windows,

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put a fist, put a fist through your steel-plated door !

C G D

9. Did you hear about the midnight rambler ?

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He'll leave his footprints up and down your hall.

C G A

And did you hear about the midnight gambler ?

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And did you see me make my midnight call ?

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10. And if you ever catch the midnight rambler,

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I'll steal your mistress from under your nose,

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I'll go easy with your cold fanged anger,

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I'll stick my knife right down your throat, baby, and it hurts !

(orig. = capo 2nd) (The Rolling Stones)