Mr Midnight

	  		Transcription by [email protected] 
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           B7             B     Em                               G7 
Rain on the roof 'n time on my hands,it sure seemed quiet out there'n radio land 
                    C                             Cm 
They call me at the all-night station, make their special dedications 
    G               D/F#                            Em           G7/D 
And I do my best to play their request, when it's a desperate situation 
C                        D4  D 
This was a desperate situation 
 
Refrain : 
 
    G/B C                   D4  D 
I'm Mr. Midnight alone and blue 
            G            D/F#                Em                G7/D 
The brokenhearted call me up when they don't know what else to do 
      C                          D         D6/D#       Em  G7 
Every song is a reminder, of the love that they once knew 
         C        D4          D 
I'm Mr. Midnight,      can I play a song for you? 
 
Fill : | Em - - - | Em - - - | 
 
Verse 2 : 
 
Cmaj7               B7             B 
"Caller on the line, could you please hold on?" 
Em                         G7 
I recognized her voice the minute I picked up the phone 
         C                                 Cm 
Should I tell her that it's me or leave it at a memory 
        G                     D/F#                 Em         G7/D 
Haven't been myself since the day she left and I'm never gonna be, 
C                  D4  D 
I'm forever gonna be 
 
Refrain : 
 
G/B C                   D4  D 
Mr. Midnight alone and blue 
            G            D/F#                Em                G7/D 
The brokenhearted call me up when they don't know what else to do 
      C                          D         D6/D#       Em  G7 
Every song is a reminder, of the love that they once knew 
         C        D4          D 
I'm Mr. Midnight,      can I play a song for you? 
 
Fill : | Em - - - | Em - - - | 
 
Bridge : 
 
Cmaj7              B7           B 
Imagine my surprise when she spoke my name 
Em                                                      G7 
She said could you tell him that I love him and I wish things could be the same? 
       C                                Cm 
Then a voice I never knew, said "Honey, who you talking to?" - Pause - 
 
Refrain : 
 
G/B C                   D4  D 
Mr. Midnight alone and blue 
            G            D/F#                Em                G7/D 
The brokenhearted call me up when they don't know what else to do 
      C                          D         D6/D#       Em   G7 
Every song is a reminder, of the love that they once knew 
         C        D4          D 
I'm Mr. Midnight,      can I play 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 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 : 
 
 
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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.