Midnight train Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[C#][D]
[C#][D][C#][D]

[Verse 1]
Midnight [C#]train,
roll [C]on
[C#]Midnight [D]train, [C]roll on

[Verse 2]
Clear them [G]tracks and keep
[D]that [G]whistle blowin
Take this stranger on to [D]Santa Fe
It [G]seems like romance and danger
[Bb]Fol low this here tall dark stranger
[D]all along the way

[Verse 3]
[D]
Well the train was rumblin through
the night heading south to Santa Fe
And in a [C]fancy car, with a private bar,
and a personal valet
There was a [G]bunch of cold eyed
men a sittin at [Bb]a poker table
[D]Bettin hot stakes all around

[Verse 4]
[D]Ole Louisiana Lou had a knife in his shoe,
was dealin' a hand of cards
And ole Stag[C]ger Lee Crocket had a gun in his pocket,
was sweatin bettin hard
[G]And over in the corner this Mexican guy with
[Bb]two gold teeth a[D]nd a patch on his eye
Took a long hard look around

[Verse 5]
And then the [D]door flew open,
the stranger walked in and said don't ya'll get excited
I [C]know this [G]here's [C]a private game,
and I know I was[G]n't invited
But I got [D]a roll [G]that'd choke [D]a mule
I'm just [Bb]about a big enough
[D]fool to lay it all right down

[Verse 6]
And [G]everybody nodded as
[D]the stranger took his seat
He [G]knew this bunch of cutthroat's would
be [D]mighty hard to beat
As [G]the stranger knew then the toughest
two by [D]far were where he sat
Was a [C]pot belly fellow from south Alabama,
and a dude [D]in a black [Ab]felt hat
[D]Midnight

[Verse 7]
Train, roll [C]on
Midnight [C#]Train, [D]roll on[C]
Well clear [G]them tracks

[Verse 8]
and
keep that whistle blowin
Take this stranger on to Santa [C#]Fe[D]
It [G]seems like romance and danger
[A]Follow this [Bb]here tall dark [A]stranger
[D]all[C#] alon[D]g [C#]the wa[D]y

[Verse 9]
[D]
Well the stranger sat down he looked
[A]around at all [D]them evil faces
And the [C]pot- belly fellow drew a pair of queens,
but the stranger he drew aces
And he [G]kept on raising and pushin his luck,
[Bb]kep t on winning like a run away t[D]ruck
He was giving them [C#]a beating[D]

[Verse 10]
And [D]the stakes got higher than a Chinese kite,
the stranger kept getting hot
Till [C]every cent [D]every[C]body
had was lying out in that pot
[D]Then the str[G]anger threw down a royal flush,
[D]Somebod[A]y sai[Bb]d âHey Man,
that's enough [D]friend [C#]I think you've been cheatin"

[Verse 11]
And then [C#]the stranger picked the money
[D]up and said âBoys I better runâ
And then the [C]bot- bellyed fella pulled a razor
out and somebody pulled a gun
[G]They said âYou may think
you're a sly old fox,
You're [A]gonna leave [D]here [Bb]in a long pine [D]box
If [C#]you don't leave that [D]money [C#]alone"[D]

[Verse 12]
Just [D]about then the lights went out,
and they all started fussin
And the lights came on, the stranger was gone,
they all started cussin
[G]And they searched that
train from front to rear
The [D]stranger he [Bb]done disappeared,
[D]and all their money was gone
[G]When the

[Verse 13]
train pulled in the station,
with the [D]whistle blowin loud
[G]A telegram was waitin,
from the [D]stranger for the crowd
[G]Said âThank you for the money boys,
but don't [D]feel too outdone
Cause It [C]takes a dog to know a dog
I'm [A]a howlin son of a gun.

[Verse 14]
Midnight [D]Train, [C#]roll[D] on[C#][D][C]
Midnight [D]Train, [C#]roll[D] on[C]

[Verse 15]
[C]Well clear them [G]tracks and keep
that whistle blowin
Take this stranger on [D]to Santa [C#]Fe[D]
It [G]seems [D]like ro[G]mance and danger
[Bb]Follow this here tall dark stranger
[D]all along the way

[Outro 1]
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