Midnight Ravers Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays447

Midnight Ravers by Bob Marley is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Am               G             Am  
Do-do-do. Do-do-do. Do-do-do. 
(You can't tell the woman from the man) 
No, I say you can't, 'cause they're dressed in the same pollution; 
(dressed in the same pollution) 
Their mind is confused with confusion 
With their problems since they've no solution: (They become) 
Dm   Am   Dm  Am  Dm              Am     Am  
The midnight ravers. (Please, don't let me down!) 
Oh, please, don't let me - ee-ya-bab, oh, please don't let me down! 
(Midnight) Midnight ravers! (ravers) Midnight ravers! 
(Please don't) Oh, please, please, 
don't let me down, down, down, down, down! 
Don't let me down; Don't let me down. 
 
Am                   G  
I see ten thousand chariots (ah-ah-ah-ah) 
And they coming without horses; (coming without horses) 
The riders - they cover their face, (ah-ah-ah-ah) 
So you couldn't make them out in smoky place (make them out in smoky places) 
Dm   Am   Dm  Am  Dm           Am  
In that musical stampede, where everyone is doing their thing. 
Musical stampede - people swingin'; 
Musical stampede. Someone say: 
Am                        G                           
People, ride on! (keep a-ridin'!) 
(keep a-ridin'!) Ride on! 
(keep a-ridin'!) Midnight ravers! 
People, ride on! (keep a-ridin'!) 
(keep a-ridin'!) Ride on! 
(keep a-ridin'!) Midnight ravers! 
 
I can't tell my woman from the man: 
She is dressed in the same pollution; (dressed in the same pollution) 
Her mind is confused with confusion: 
To my problem seems there's never - never no solution! 
I've become a night-life raver 
And I'm beggin' you, (please) please, please - 
oh, beel-ya-ba-ba - please don't ya let me down! 
(Night-life ravers) Night-life ravers! Night-life ravers! 
Oh, please, please, please, please, don't let me down. 
Don't let me down;Don't let me down! 
 
I see ten thousand chariots (ah-ah-ah-ah) 
And they coming without horses; (coming without horses) 
The riders they cover their face, (ah-ah-ah-ah) 
So you couldn't make them out in smoky place - 
In that musical stampede, oh! 
It's the musical stampede. Ride on! 
It's the musical stampede, some preacher say! 
People ride on! (keep a-ridin'!) 
(keep a-ridin'!) Ride on! 
(keep a-ridin'!) Midnight ravers! 
A-ride on! (keep a-ridin'!) 
(keep a-ridin'!) Ride on. 
 
Paz... Jah Bless!!! 
    	

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