Midnight On Central Avenue Chords
by Cecil Gant
Midnight On Central Avenue by Cecil Gant is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, C7, F, Fm7, Dm7, G6, Am7, Am, Dm, Fm, Cm and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm7
the cats really jump like mad,
C Dm7 G6 C Am7 Dm7 G6
everybody knows just where to go, sweetheart.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm7
no one notices the time,
C Dm7 G6 C Am7 Dm7 G6
just jive and get high, to ease their trouble in mind.
C F
All the Nightclubs close at two a.m.,
F C
and then it's too bad jim,
C Am
the breakfast clubs have the right away,
Dm G6
they jump and jive till the break of day.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm
it really jumps like mad,
C Dm G6 C Am Dm G6
then all to bed, enough's been said, sweetheart.
12-bar blues Chorus
12-bar blues Chorus
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm
the cats really jump like mad,
C Dm G6 C Am Dm G6
everybody knows just where to go, sweetheart.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm
no one notices the time,
C Dm G6 C Am Dm G6
just jump and jive and get real high,to change your trouble in mind.
C F
All the Nightclubs close at two a.m.,
F C
and then it's too bad jim,
C Am
the breakfast clubs have the right away,
Dm G6
they jump and swing till the break of day.
C C7
When it's midnight on central avenue,
F Fm
it really jumps like mad,
C Dm G6 Cm Am D7 G6
then all to bed, enough's been said, sweetheart.