Chord/Tab song: Midnight Lullaby

...MIDNIGHT LULLABY... by Tom Waits


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from 'Closing Time' (1973)

CAPO 1st FRET

(Original Key: G#)

Intro:

Gmaj7, Cmaj7 (x4)

Verse 1:

[Gmaj7] Sing a song of [Cmaj7]sixpence, [Gmaj7]pocket full of [Cmaj7]rye,
[Gmaj7] Hush-a bye, my [Cmaj7]baby; no [Gmaj7]need to be [Cmaj7]crying.

Bridge 1:

[Bm] You can burn the midnight [A7]oil with me, as [Am7]long as you [D]will.
[Bm] Stare out at the [A7]moon upon the [Am7]window-[D+]sill and[(Gmaj7)] dream...

Verse 2:

[Gmaj7] Sing a song of [Cmaj7]sixpence, [Gmaj7]pocket full of [Cmaj7]rye,
[Gmaj7] Hush-a bye, my [Cmaj7]baby; no [Gmaj7]need to be [Cmaj7]crying.

Bridge 2:

There's [Bm]dew drops on the [A7]window-sill, [Am7]gumdrops in your [D]head.
[Bm] Slipping into [A7]dream land; you're [Am7]nodding your [D+]head, so[(Gmaj7)] dream...

Solo:

Gmaj7, Cmaj7 (x4)

Bm A7, Am7 D, Bm A7, Am7 D+

Gmaj7, Cmaj7 (x2)

Verse 3:

[Gmaj7] Dream of West Vir-[Cmaj7]ginia, or [Gmaj7]of the British [Cmaj7]Isles.
[Gmaj7] 'Cos when you are [Cmaj7]dreaming, you see for [Gmaj7]miles and [Cmaj7]miles.

Bridge 3:

[Bm] When you are much [A7]older, re-[Am7]member when we [D]sat.
At [Bm]midnight on the [A7]window-sill and [Am7]had this little [D]chat...

Coda:

And [Gmaj7]dream..[Cmaj7].
Come on and [Gmaj7]dream,[Cmaj7]
Come on and [Gmaj7]dream.[Cmaj7]
And [Gmaj7]dream..[Cmaj7].
And [Gmaj7]dream..[Cmaj7].
Come on and [Gmaj7]dream.[Cmaj7]

Outro:

Gmaj7 Em7, C Am7 (x3), Gmaj7

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[Gmaj7] [Cmaj7] [Bm] [A7] [Am7]
[EADGBE]3x443x [EADGBE]x32000 [EADGBE]x24432 [EADGBE]x02223 [EADGBE]x02013

[D] [D+] [Em7] [C]
[EADGBE]xx0232 [EADGBE]xx4332 [EADGBE]022030 [EADGBE]x32010

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
([email protected])