Mr Midnight Chords
by Garth Brooks
Mr Midnight by Garth Brooks is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, Cmaj7, B7, B, G7, C, Cm, G, D/F#, G7/D, D4, D, G/B and D6/D#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Transcription by [email protected]
Comments welcome
Don't get scared when you look at the chords ... they're not as tough as the
look :-)
Intro : | Em - - - | Em - - - | Em - - - | Em - - - |
Verse 1 :
Cmaj7 B7 B Em G7
Rain on the roof 'n time on my hands,it sure seemed quiet out there'n radio land
C Cm
They call me at the all-night station, make their special dedications
G D/F# Em G7/D
And I do my best to play their request, when it's a desperate situation
C D4 D
This was a desperate situation
Refrain :
G/B C D4 D
I'm Mr. Midnight alone and blue
G D/F# Em G7/D
The brokenhearted call me up when they don't know what else to do
C D D6/D# Em G7
Every song is a reminder, of the love that they once knew
C D4 D
I'm Mr. Midnight, can I play a song for you?
Fill : | Em - - - | Em - - - |
Verse 2 :
Cmaj7 B7 B
"Caller on the line, could you please hold on?"
Em G7
I recognized her voice the minute I picked up the phone
C Cm
Should I tell her that it's me or leave it at a memory
G D/F# Em G7/D
Haven't been myself since the day she left and I'm never gonna be,
C D4 D
I'm forever gonna be
Refrain :
G/B C D4 D
Mr. Midnight alone and blue
G D/F# Em G7/D
The brokenhearted call me up when they don't know what else to do
C D D6/D# Em G7
Every song is a reminder, of the love that they once knew
C D4 D
I'm Mr. Midnight, can I play a song for you?
Fill : | Em - - - | Em - - - |
Bridge :
Cmaj7 B7 B
Imagine my surprise when she spoke my name
Em G7
She said could you tell him that I love him and I wish things could be the same?
C Cm
Then a voice I never knew, said "Honey, who you talking to?" - Pause -
Refrain :
G/B C D4 D
Mr. Midnight alone and blue
G D/F# Em G7/D
The brokenhearted call me up when they don't know what else to do
C D D6/D# Em G7
Every song is a reminder, of the love that they once knew
C D4 D
I'm Mr. Midnight, can I play a song for you?
Outro : | Em - - - | Em - - - |Em - - - | Em -> Upstroke |
Comments :
If you play this song on a guitar only, then you should better play a standard
G7 instead of the G7/D chord, because it's easier to play and sounds better this
way, even though in the original recording the bass is playing a D at this part.
Additional Tabulature :
Even though this is a piano song, you can do a nice fingerpicking on the guitar
on it to make it sound like the original recording. This is what I figured out
to make it sound the best for me :
The Em parts can be played like the following. The piano melody is built into
this picking :
e |-0-------0-3-0---5-------7-------|-0-------0-3-0---5-------3-------|
b |-0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---|
g |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
Em Em
Play this two times during the Intro and repeat it through the Fills and the
Outro.
The fingerpicking through the rest of the song could be something like this :
e |-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|
b |-0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------4-------4-------|
g |-0-------0---------------0-------|-2-------2-------4-------4-------|
D |-----2-------2---------------2---|-----1---------------4-----------|
A |-3-------------------3-----------|-2-----------2---2-----------2---|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Cmaj7 B7 B
Rain on the roof Time on my hands
Continue this type of fingerpicking throughout the rest of the song.