Intro
| E7#9 D# | F G# | E7#9 D# | F |
[Guitar solo with riff]
E7#9 E7#9 2x
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I was standin' at the station,
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Ten to midnight in the rain
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I was mindin' my own bus'ness,
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Waiting for that midnight train
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Nobody in sight, starin' at my shoes
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I took out my paper to find me some good news
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Mindin' my own bus'ness When the ticket man
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called my name Yeah, yeah, babe
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There ain't no midnight train
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There ain't no midnight train
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There ain't no midnight train
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Comin' down the line
[guitar riff]
| E7#9 E F F# G | A A# A A# B |
| E7#9 E F F# G | A A# B E7#9 |
E7#9 E7#9
So I say, "If it ain't too much trouble,
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When's the local out of town?"
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His reply: "Two a.m."
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If I'm leavin' local-bound
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I can catch it in forty minutes,
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If I want to grab the express
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But the local trains are hard to come by,
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This time of night, more or less Listen, said mow
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There ain't no midnight train
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There ain't no midnight train
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There ain't no midnight train
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Comin' down the line
[Interlude]
| E7#9 D# | F G# | E7#9 D# | F |
[So;o over verse 2x]
[Verse with Guitar riff]
E7#9 E F F# | G A A# B
So I stood for forty minutes,
E7#9 E F F# | G A A# A A# B
It was raining and it was cold
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When the express rolled down the track,
E7#9 E F F# | G A A# A A# B
I did not care where it was gonna go. Yeah, yeah, He said...
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There ain't no midnight train
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There ain't no midnight train
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There ain't no midnight train
E7#9 E7#9
Comin' down the line
[Outro- splo over vwe 4x] Fade Out
[optional Wnding]
[guitar riff]
| E7#9 E F F# G | A A# A A# B |
| E7#9 E F F# G | A A# B E7#9 | E7#9 ||