...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 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye,
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Hush-a bye, my baby; no need to be crying.
Bridge 1:
Bm A7 Am7 D
You can burn the midnight oil with me, as long as you will.
Bm A7 Am7 Daug (Gmaj7)
Stare out at the moon upon the window-sill and dream...
Verse 2:
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye,
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Hush-a bye, my baby; no need to be crying.
Bridge 2:
Bm A7 Am7 D
There's dew drops on the window-sill, gumdrops in your head.
Bm A7 Am7 Daug (Gmaj7)
Slipping into dream land; you're nodding your head, so dream...
Solo:
Gmaj7, Cmaj7 (x4)
Bm A7, Am7 D, Bm A7, Am7 Daug
Gmaj7, Cmaj7 (x2)
Verse 3:
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Dream of West Vir-ginia, or of the British Isles.
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
'Cos when you are dreaming, you see for miles and miles.
Bridge 3:
Bm A7 Am7 D
When you are much older, re-member when we sat.
Bm A7 Am7 D
At midnight on the window-sill and had this little chat...
Coda:
Gmaj7 Cmaj7
And dream...
Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Come on and dream,
Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Come on and dream.
Gmaj7 Cmaj7
And dream...
Gmaj7 Cmaj7
And dream...
Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Come on and dream.
Outro:
Gmaj7 Em7, C Am7 (x3), Gmaj7
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Bm A7 Am7 D Daug Em7 C
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
3x443x x32000 x24432 x02223 x02013 xx0232 xx4332 022030 x32010
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])
